ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207440
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| Date: | Tuesday 14 July 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Stirling I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9331 |
| MSN: | MG-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Flint House Cambridgeshire -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Waterbeach |
The aircraft overshot the runway at RAF Waterbeach due to travelling too fast for a landing. It finished up at Flint House Cambridgeshire.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Edwin Shaw Kennedy RAF 108023 (NCO:1119631 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 11 November, 1941)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant G Cox RAF [Injured]
Navigator : Sergeant William Frederick Gordon RCAF R/66094
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Walter John Jarvis RAFVR 1190623
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Lawrence Albert Davies RAFVR 1183683
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Deryck Bonney Beales RAFVR 907416
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Robert Matthew Urwin RAFVR 1014657
Four of the crew were later killed in BF387, 9/10 November 1942.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | N6046 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Polsum, Marl, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 29 September 1941 | W7441 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | Lillebælt strait south of the island of Brandsø (Assens, Syddanmark) |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | N6073 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 14 August 1942 | W7579 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Nymindegab, Nørre Nebel, Syddanmark | |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | R9169 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 11 April 1943 | R9275 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Koerich, Capellen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2018 22:57 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 05-Apr-2024 18:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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