ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208229
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| Date: | Saturday 27 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:16 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF453 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Finkenwerder/Altenwerder, Hamburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Hit by heavy and light Flak.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: BU-L
Takeoff time: 19:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Edward Challis RAFVR 140914 (NCO:1055127 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 March, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Reginald George Martin RAFVR 1171555 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Robert Anderson RAFVR 942664 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Crawford Kier Phin RAFVR 1349598 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Eric Greenhalgh RAFVR 1379905 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Alfred Woodrow RAFVR 933968 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Donald James Rae RAAF Aus/406681 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/20307-BF4531943-03-28.html
http://www.214squadron.org.uk/crews_and_losses_stirling.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Mar-2018 17:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Mar-2018 17:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 26-Mar-2018 18:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:14 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2024 08:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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