ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52833
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:10 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7500 |
| MSN: | MG-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for a bombing operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 5./NJG 2.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:J/5790 Plt Off George Frederick Sanderson RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101
Co-Pilot:111259 Plt Off Leslie James Harcus - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69
Flight Engineer:569914 Sgt Sydney Walstead Precious - Runnymede Memorial Panel 91
Navigator:1252574 Sgt Wilfred Frank Morgan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90
Bomb Aimer:1108965 Sgt Basil Sydney Brown - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
Wireless Operator:9170212 Sgt Ronald Albert Archer - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 4. / washed up at IJmuiden
Air Gunner:1378839 Sgt Richard Armstrong - Vlieland General Cemetery Grave 52. / washed up Vlieland island on the 13th of July
Air Gunner:566866 Flt Sgt Stanley Victor Harding - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1567&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem17.htmhttp://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem17.htm
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 March 1942 | W7466 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Gnutz, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | W7565 | 7 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Aschhorn, Drochtersen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 9 March 1943 | R9149 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Élan, Flize, Ardennes 08 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Apr-2013 18:59 | harro | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2017 07:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2018 16:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2019 17:44 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Cn] |
| 24-Apr-2020 15:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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