ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207081
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:54 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK698 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Ringkøbing, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
Shot down during the return flight of a bombing mission to Rostock, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Günther Köberich of the 11./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 from Grove airfield.
Call Sign: OJ-O
Takeoff time: 22:03
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant George Ivan Ellis RNZAF NZ/414269 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Ian Allison Mervyn Holloway RAFVR 147192 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Fred Leslie Cecil Kelly RAF 573042 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Ernest Booth RAFVR 139949 (NCO:1148686 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 March, 1943) [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant David Ian McNarey RNZAF NZ/405299 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Edwin Robert Ginn RAFVR 1291765 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Sheppard RAFVR 1322316 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Peter Banister Mills RAFVR 1385980 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430038.shtml
http://aircrewremembered.com/ellis-george-ivan.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2018 18:01 | gerard57 | Added |
| 21-Apr-2018 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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