ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202881
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| Date: | Monday 27 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:02 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7512 |
| MSN: | OJ-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Landschulheim at Schönhagen (Brodersby), Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Operation - Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
The aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Leutnant Paul Szameitat of the 6./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield and coned by searchlights.
Five bodies were eventually washed ashore. The remaining crew are commemorated on the Runnymede memorial:
Pilot:J/9862 Plt Off James Handiside Thomson RCAF - Kiel War Cemetery 2. H. 16.
1252615 Flt Sgt Herbert Frederick Jordan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75.
Flight Engineer:569420 Sgt Alfred James Victor Holman - Kiel War Cemetery 4. H. 20.
Observer: J/6158 Plt Off Phil Clive Budd RCAF - Kiel War Cemetery 1. H. 2.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:798523 Sgt Clifton Hartman Johnston - Kiel War Cemetery 1. D. 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1112416 Sgt Arthur Pope - Kiel War Cemetery 1. D. 16.
995977 Sgt John Douglas Burnley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
935848 Sgt Gilbert Baker - Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
https://www.ebay.de/itm/383786061918
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 March 1942 | W7452 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Ayr/Heathfield, South Ayrshire, Scotland |  |
w/o |
| 16 July 1942 | BF312 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 2 | Steinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Dec-2017 16:33 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-May-2021 10:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2021 10:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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