ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52562
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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1942 |
| Time: | 23:15 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9170 |
| MSN: | OJ-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grote Adriana Theodorapolder, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Took off from RAF Lakenheath at 21:41 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) 12 km south of Rotterdam (Hamster) at 23:15.
The body of Sgt Wallace washed up near Numansdorp on 26 October:
Pilot: 911454 Flt Sgt Arthur Frederick Potts - Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL Row 1 Collective Grave 18-19.
Flight Engineer: 533593 Sgt Frederick Roberts - Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL Row 1 Collective Grave 18-19.
Navigator: 1134566 Sgt A Yates - PoW/Stalag 344 Lamsdorf/Pow Number 27042.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: NZ/411236 Sgt George Edward Martin RNZAF - Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL Row 1 Collective Grave 18-19.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: NZ/41610 Sgt Reginald Frederick Swindlehurst RNZAF - Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL Row 1 Collective Grave 18-19.
Air Gunner: NZ/405497 Sgt James Flers Lumsden RNZAF - Rotterdam (Crooswijk) General Cemetery Plot LL Row 2 Grave 23.
Air Gunner: 591267 Sgt James McRobbie Wallace - Numansdorp Protestant Cemetery Row E Joint Grave 1.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1819&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1942 | BF310 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer south of Hoorn, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 30 July 1942 | BF320 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 8 | Rodenhof, Saarbrücken, Saarland |  |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | N6081 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | Airlenbach, Oberzent, Hessen. | |
w/o |
| 1 June 1944 | LJ501 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:51 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Aug-2019 12:50 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2020 10:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2020 10:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jun-2022 02:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Jun-2022 04:03 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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