ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52629
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| Date: | Friday 7 August 1942 |
| Time: | 03:15 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6072 |
| MSN: | HA-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kessel-Eik, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Takeoff at 01:10 hrs for a bombing operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ludwig Bietmann & Unteroffizier Wolfgang Reinicke of the 5./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+HN from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Those who did not survive were initially buried at Venlo. Today, they rest in the Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland:
Pilot / Sgt. W.J. Laidlaw 1022530 RAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer / Sgt. H.P. Gardiner 567298 RAF / grave 12 E 7-9
Observor / Sgt. J.V. Green 923930 RAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / W/O. II A.L. Bachelder R/56438 RCAF / grave 12 E 7-9
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. D.W. Moffett 630731 RAF / prisoner of war
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. G.C. Cavanagh 1183330 RAF / grave 12 E 7-9
Rear Gunner / Sgt. L.W.A. Barnard 1384144 RAF / grave 12 E 7-9
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1762&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N6072
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N6072&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2645054
218 Sqn wartime records from The National Archives UK
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 March 1942 | W7507 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Marham, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1942 | N6078 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 25 July 1943 | BF567 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Einfeld, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 28 August 1943 | EF448 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | Münstermaifeld, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Mar-2013 00:11 | Mark G | Updated [Total fatalities, Phase, Narrative] |
| 12-Aug-2017 21:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:42 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2020 08:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Oct-2023 15:07 | tachel | Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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