ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243823
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| Date: | Thursday 22 June 1944 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Boeing B-17 Fortress Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | SR381 |
| MSN: | BU-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Woodbridge, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oulton, Norfolk |
| Gelsenkirchen |
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for a Bomber Support operation, for the benefit of the RAF Bomber Command Wesseling & Scholven-Buer raids.
North of Maastricht at 01:17 hrs, the aircraft was shot up by Heinkel He 219 A-0 G9+FL flown by Hauptmann Strüning & Oberleutnant Fritz-Konrad Apel of the 3./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield at around 00:40 hrs. One of the crew was injured.
The Fortress managed to struggle back to the UK, where it was lost in a crash. On landing at RAF Woodbridge, the aircraft hit a 61 Squadron Lancaster, cutting it in two. The damage was assessed as being in category E (write-off).
Crew:
Pilot - F/L DM Peden, DFC (RCAF)
Flight Eng - Sgt KW Bailey (RAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner - F/Sgt RH Hembrow (RAAF)
Air Gunner (mid upper) - Sgt AE Lester (RAF)
Navigator - F/Sgt S Mather (RAF)
Air Gunner (rear) - F/Sgt JD Phillips (RAAF)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner - WO2 A Stanley DFM (RAF) - Injured, cannon shell splinters in skull.
Air Gunner (waist) - F/Sgt JW Walker (RCAF)
Bomb AImer - F/O JB Waters (RCAF)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=SR381
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?3621-R-A-F-Aircraft-WWII-categories-of-repair
https://www.214squadron.org.uk/Crews_and_losses/Crews_and_losses_Fortress.htm#SR381
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Oct-2020 18:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Oct-2020 18:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Mar-2021 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 09-Jan-2022 18:14 | tachel | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2022 19:25 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2022 19:26 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Jan-2022 19:26 | tachel | Updated [Narrative] |
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