ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53268
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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1941 |
| Time: | 05:25 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6035 |
| MSN: | MG-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Jillesweg road, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Oakington |
Mission - Berlin. Took off from RAF Oakington at 2250 hrs.
The pilots were struggling to get home with battle damage and fuel shortage and in the end, they were hit by Marine Flak.
Crew:
Flt Lt M C G Sherwood (POW)
Sgt W P Wood (POW)
Sgt B A A Fowler (POW)
Flt Lt G M Fuller (POW)
Sgt R I Stone (POW)
Sgt T F M Williams (POW)
Sgt D C Allan RNZAF (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1143&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
royal Air Force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 102.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1942 | N3716 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Langerbruggestraat, Ghent, East Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | R9328 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | Elbe river near Brunsbüttelkoog, Brunsbüttel (Schleswig-Holstein) |  |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | R9262 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | near La Folie, Fraillicourt, Ardennes 08 |  |
w/o |
| 11 March 1943 | W7617 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus, Marne département | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 19:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 16:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2019 17:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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