ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204486
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:14 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9324 |
| MSN: | MG-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Fache des Pendantes' at Saint-Remy-du-Nord, département du Nord -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:37 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Herget of the Stab II./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 - (claim) north of Limont-Fontaine at 02:14. Aircraft crashed at Saint-Remy-du-Nord 5 km SW of Maubeuge.
The pilot managed to evade capture:
Pilot: R/61012 Flt Sgt Thomas Templeman RCAF - Evaded
2nd Pilot:36150 Flt Lt Henri H Haszard PoW Stalag Luft Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 2532.
Flight Engineer:571254 Sgt Leonard Clinton Fenton - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA Grave 10.
Navigator:1177659 Sgt Kenmpton Richard Cooper PoW Camp 357. PoW Number 314.
Bomb Aimer:1051597 Sgt John S Duckworth PoW' Initially escaped and was captured on 4 July 1942. Camp 344. PoW Number 25104.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1375845 Sgt Jimmy E Thomas PoW Camp 357. PoW Number 363.
Air Gunner:111485 Plt Off Donald White - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA Grave 9.
Air Gunner:1258093 Flt Sgt Thomas Watkins Rayment - Avesnes-sur-Helpe Communal Cemetery Row AA Grave 11.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
France-Crashes 39-45
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC.
RAF Prisoners of War
http://aircrewremembered.com/templeman-thomas.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2018 18:04 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:05 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 18:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2020 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 07-May-2023 07:24 | Anon. | Updated [[Source]] |
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