ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209278
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:23 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF513 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Regniessart, Couvin, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Friedrich Graeff of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Florennes airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: AA-E
Takeoff time: 21:32
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Donald Gordon McCaskill RNZAF NZ/13573 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Angus McVicar RAFVR 1371651 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer James Kennedy Grainger RNZAF NZ/42295 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Bertram Elwell RAF 519416 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Reginald Thomas Charles Green RAFVR 1211032 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Desmond Cook RAFVR 1609864 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Alexander Smith RNZAF NZ/415378 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/mccaskill-donald.html
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-r%C3%A9gni%C3%A9ssart
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 17:52 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 12:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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