ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209065
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| Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
| Time: | 04:16 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF475 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km northwest of Sainte-Geneviève (Aisne), Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4, flying Bf 110 F-4 3C+LR from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Frankfurt
Call Sign: LS-T
Takeoff time: 00:19
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Eric John Trezise RAFVR 1316038 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur Loudon RAFVR 1004605 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas James Letbe RAFVR 1389462 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Peter Skinner McCaughey RAFVR 126826 (NCO:657933 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Jack Harrison RAFVR 1271406 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harry Wakefield RAFVR 1411732 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Ronald Burton RAFVR 1389244 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/26753-BF4751943-04-11.html
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=166
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Apr-2018 09:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2024 06:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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