ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209630
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:31 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF463 |
| MSN: | WP-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Store Bælt off Halskov, Korsør, Sjælland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Outward-bound for Rostock, hit by light Flak of the 1./leichte Flak-Abteilung 985.
Call Sign: WP-Q
Takeoff time: 21:53
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Sydney Nelson Cross RNZAF NZ/414258 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cyril Leslie Cruttenden RAFVR 977000 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Norman Shield RAFVR 1148284 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Lancelot Tagg RAFVR 1425260 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Edwin Hall RAFVR 1359883 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edwin Marley Offen RAFVR 1252002 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Desmond Lindrea RAFVR 1585760 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430033.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 September 1943 | EF129 | 90 Sqn RAF | 7 | Limburgerhof, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2018 20:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 13:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location] |
| 20-Apr-2024 11:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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