ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206139
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| Date: | Thursday 16 July 1942 |
| Time: | 22:52 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF312 |
| MSN: | OJ-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Steinfeld, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Takeoff at 19:02 hrs for a dusk raid on Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein.
The aircraft was hit by light (leichte) Flak from a combination of Luftwaffe and Marine Flak; crash-landed at Steinfeld.
Those who survived were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:46914 Plt Off J M P Forward PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 468.
2nd Pilot:R/79194 Sgt J B Locke PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 24957
Flight Engineer:637517 Sgt Harold Leslie Duckworth - Kiel War Cemetery 2. H. 18.
Observer:111933 Plt Off F J Austin PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 460
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1106948 Sgt G S Burnett PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 24955
Air Gunner: Plt Off Mace RAAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria PoW Number 474
Air Gunner:1127995 Sgt Charles Thomas Shepherd - Kiel War Cemetery 2. H. 17.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Find A Grave
RAF Prisoners of War
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 |
| 27 April 1942 | W7512 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 8 | Landschulheim at Schönhagen (Brodersby), Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Feb-2018 20:25 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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