ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204699
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:22 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9352 |
| MSN: | LS-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bimolten, Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to Emden in Niedersachsen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of the 9./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) Bimolten 4 km NE Neuenhaus at 02:22.
The crew were initially buried in Lingen-Ems.After the hostilities had ceased they were re-interred at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot:104404 Plt Off Gordon John Hains - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. C. 6-11.
Flight Engineer: 636194 Sgt Frederick George Spenceley - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. C. 6-11.
Observer: 1552169 Sgt James McIntosh McLaren - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 15. A. 5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1010359 Sgt George Alexander Burrell - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. C. 6-11.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: NZ/403576 Sgt John Theodore Heurtley RNZAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. C. 6-11.
Air Gunner:1118526 Sgt John McGovern - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. C. 6-11.
Air Gunner:530984 Flt Sgt David Rose - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 15. C. 6-11.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9352
Google Maps
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1942 | W7511 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 3 June 1942 | N3728 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | between Melick and Herkenbosch; Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 16 December 1942 | R9168 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | woods east of Gortel hamlet, Emst, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2018 14:33 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 19:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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