ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200833
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Date: | Friday 30 January 1942 |
Time: | |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W7462 |
MSN: | OJ-T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
Location: | RAF Lossiemouth -
United Kingdom
|
Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lossiemouth |
Destination airport: | RAF Lossiemouth |
Narrative:Upon return the aircraft landed on a runway which was covered in ice. It skidded and ended up in a trench where the undercarriage collapsed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Reginald William Arthur Turtle RAF 40866
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Arthur John Frost RAFVR 106066 (NCO:1206793 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 October, 1941)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Bowman RAF
Wireless Operator : Sergeant J D Burnley RAF
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Hanna RAF
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Henry Smith RAFVR 1281992
Air Gunner : Sergeant William Collins RAFVR 973686
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 April 1942 |
N6068 |
149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
8 |
near Snaaskerke, Gistel; West Flanders |
|
w/o |
6 June 1942 |
R9314 |
149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
1 |
off the West Flanders coast |
|
w/o |
30 July 1942 |
R9161 |
149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
6 |
Regniowez, Ardennes. |
|
w/o |
8 December 1942 |
BF391 |
149 Sqn RAF |
7 |
Schlesen, Schleswig-Holstein |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Nov-2017 17:05 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
26-Dec-2017 07:17 |
Nepa |
Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
18-Oct-2018 13:41 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
29-Jan-2024 07:46 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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