ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202299
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| Date: | Tuesday 7 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7448 |
| MSN: | LS-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
Lost without trace. It was later established after the war that the aircraft was lost over the North Sea.
Crew
Pilot:R/69887 WOI Thomas William Hare RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101.
Flight Engineer: 1006147 Flt Sgt Francis Weeks Cooper - Runnymede Memorial Panel 73.
Flight Engineer:569528 Sgt Robert Thompson Horan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95.
Observer: 402585 Sgt Augustus Ludwig Brandt RAAF - Kiel War Cemetery 2. H. 15.
1st Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1105970 Sgt Kenneth Taylor - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95.
2nd Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1186110 Sgt EDWARD RICHARD CYRIL Oakley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90.
Air Gunner:407153 Flt Sgt Reginald William Golder RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 111.
Air Gunner: 528944 Sgt George Stephenson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
Sources:
RAAF FATALITIES IN SECOND WORLD WAR AMONG RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 August 1941 | N3658 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kerkstraat street at Overasselt, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 26 February 1942 | N6067 | 15 Sqn RAF | 1 | Beck Lodge Farm Mildenhall Suffolk | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | W7624 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Suetersweg road, Bentelo, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1942 | BF353 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer 10 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | BK699 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee, Dantziggat, S of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2017 20:50 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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