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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9160 |
| MSN: | HA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km SW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Takeoff at 20:45 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Ronald Berryman McCarthy DFC RAF 149880 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial; panel 70
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Henry Millen Russell RCAF R/85469 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial; panel 106
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harold Forshaw RAFVR 1109833 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial; panel 83
Navigator : Pilot Officer Thomas Patrick Scanlan DFC RAFVR 106553 (NCO:1169301 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 October, 1941) [Killed] Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 31 C 8 / washed up Callantsoog 25 September
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Louis Arthur Jones RNZAF NZ/41591 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial; panel 117
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Vincent Charles William Trowbridge RCAF J/15829 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial; panel 101
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Francis Medhurst RAFVR 1312588 [Killed] Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 31 C 5 / washed up near Den Helder (pole 18) at 16 September
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Joseph Ronald Bird RAFVR 900012 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial; panel 73
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=R9160&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Aug-2017 10:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:42 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 19-May-2020 15:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 27-Aug-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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