ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52587
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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:08 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7624 |
| MSN: | LS-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Suetersweg road, Bentelo, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 21:00 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfrat Bauer of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield.
Pilot / F/Sgt. H. Barton-Smith 1312006 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 73
Flight Engineer / Sgt. J.V. Robinson 567796 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 92
Navigator / F/Sgt. K. Wakefield 1165290 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 76
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. E.F. Talbot 1376849 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 76
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. L.E. Moss 403556 RNzAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 117
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. P.S. Sharman 1111468 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 93
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. G.A. Smith 403032 RNzAF / Delden cemetery; grave IB K 6
- - an airman RAF / Delden cemetery / member W7624
- - an airman RAF / Delden cemetery / member W7624
- - three airman - / Delden cemetery / members W7624
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1793&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/420827RAF.php
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+last+flight+of+Stirling+W7624%3b+After+64+years%2c+Bomber+Command%27s...-a0150128313
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 August 1941 | N3658 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kerkstraat street at Overasselt, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 February 1942 | N6067 | 15 Sqn RAF | 1 | Beck Lodge Farm Mildenhall Suffolk |  |
w/o |
| 7 April 1942 | W7448 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 17 September 1942 | BF353 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer 10 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | BK699 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee, Dantziggat, S of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Apr-2016 10:23 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2017 22:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 19-May-2020 13:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2022 21:25 | redsix1 | Updated [Source] |
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