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| Date: | Monday 8 September 1941 |
| Time: | 04:05 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6045 |
| MSN: | LS-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | field at Varsselseweg, Hengelo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Mission : Berlin. Took off from RAF Wyton. The aircraft was damaged by Flak and was emergency-landed in a field. Sgt Pape was repatriated in September 1944, and after the war he wrote a vivid account of his many experiences under the title "Boldness Be My Friend".
Flt Lt R P Wallace-Terry (POW)
Sgt R Harper (POW)
Sgt W C Moir (POW)
Sgt R B Pape (POW)
Sgt C S Aynsley (POW)
Sgt R D Hooley (POW)
Sgt H J Dunnett (POW)
Sgt J E Dodd (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1258&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 140.
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-May-2016 16:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-Feb-2019 10:03 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 24-Mar-2020 20:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2022 12:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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