ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52786
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| Date: | Sunday 21 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:50 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7530 |
| MSN: | HA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NW of Wognum, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham |
Takeoff at 23:30 hrs for an operation to Emden in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Johannes Werth of the 7./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 - (claim) 4 km NW of Wognum NW of Hoorn.
Those who survived were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:76467 Sqn Ldr Harold John Vincent Ashworth DFC - killed
Flight Engineer:78847 Flt Lt D L Plunkett PoW
Navigator: 620195 Sgt W J Hayden PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 321.
Bomb Aimer:104402 Plt Off A W Green PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 287.
Wireless Operator:80197 Plt Off R H Attwood (Southern Rhodesia) PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 283.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:994746 Sgt William Edwin Whitehead - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 10.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1108788 Sgt William Rebecca Watt - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row C. Grave 17.
Air Gunner:537282 Sgt T Mulroy PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 343.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1616
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 August 1942 | BF338 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | Hoffnungsthal, Goosefeld, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 2 September 1942 | N3714 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | Sterrebeek, Zaventem, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | N3763 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Sankt Hubertus, Groß Grönau, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | EE903 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | 6 km south of Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jun-2017 09:00 | 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-Jan-2018 17:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 01-May-2020 09:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 17:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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