ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209389
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:14 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF514 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Cogneux farm, Raucourt-et-Flaba, Ardennes 08 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Kurt Holler of the Stab III./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: HA-X
Takeoff time: 22:00
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer David Frederick Howlett RAFVR 138684 (NCO:1388255 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leonard W Canning RAF 1160100 [Evaded]
Navigator : Flying Officer Kenneth Sidney Bird RAFVR 125987 (NCO:1388840 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 September, 1942) [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant David Eric Roberts RCAF R/125806 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant W Hamilton RAF 1126345 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Joseph Knight RAFVR 1236043 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Emmett Jay Longstaff RCAF R/135092 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4396
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 13:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 30-Jun-2022 04:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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