ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209390
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK653 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bonneuil-les-Eaux, Oise, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Norbert Pietrek of the 2./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Florennes airfield, Belgium.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: BU-A
Takeoff time: 21:50
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer D E James RAF 92762 [Evaded]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant William George Grove RAFVR 921996 (Officer:146424 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 13 July, 1943) [Evaded]
Navigator : Sergeant J Hall RAF 911341 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant J A Smith RAF 1232112 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Clifford George Walton RAF 1322140 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gerard Brendan Gallagher RAF 1334827 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Eric Makham Lee RAFVR 1132944 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3831
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 13:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-Apr-2018 14:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:15 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:28 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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