ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208765
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| Date: | Sunday 4 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:22 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9327 |
| MSN: | OJ-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tved Huse, Ribe, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Shot down by Flak and night fighter pilot Hauptmann Günther Vowinckel of the 12./NJG 3, flying Ju 88 D5+GX from Grove airfield.
Target: Kiel
Call Sign: OJ-M
Takeoff time: 20:39
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth Andrew Way RAFVR 1389078 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Neil MacLeod RAF 541514 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant James Palmer RAFVR 1040061 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald George Woodfield RAFVR 1439456 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Percival Bilham RAFVR 1293131 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward George King RAF 634371 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Edwin Norman RAFVR 1214816 [Killed]
The crew is burried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430018.shtml
Google Maps
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvag)
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2018 07:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 05-Apr-2018 15:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 10:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 30-Mar-2024 17:18 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2024 07:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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