ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206941
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:22 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF329 |
| MSN: | BU-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leeste, Weyhe, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburg |
Claimed shot down by Uffz. Rudolf Frank of the 1./NJG 3 at 22:22, also claimed by Flak ('Stirling Leeste near Melchiorshausen at 22:11').
Target: Hamburg
Call Sign: BU-C
Takeoff time: 18:19
Crew:-
Sgt Ronald Sidney Allen, 901540, Air Bomber, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, KIA 3 March 1943, Aged 24
Sgt Alfred Victor Gordon Cridge, 412867, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Nationality : New Zealand, KIA 3 March 1943, Aged 22
Sgt Hugh Morris Felce, 1161980, Flight Engineer, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 3 March 1943
Sgt F Manglesen, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Nationality : New Zealand, POW 3 March 1943
Plt/Off Charles William Valentine Pepper, 138308, Pilot, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 3 March 1943, Aged 23 (NCO:1375191 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 February, 1943)
Sgt John William Rider, 1219496, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 3 March 1943, Aged 21
Sgt John Neville Unsworth, 1073810, Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 3 March 1943, Aged 19
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive Part One by Theo Boiten
http://www.214squadron.org.uk/Crews_and_losses_Stirling_m.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EF329&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 June 1942 | N3762 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 4 | near the Driehoekweg, Stegeren, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W7560 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 0 | Westerdeichstrich, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | BK686 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 8 | Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Mar-2018 07:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:12 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 03-Mar-2024 07:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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