ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209656
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:33 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF442 |
| MSN: | WP-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | lost over the Baltic - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinrich Säwert of the 4./NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 from Parchim airfield.
Target: Rostock
Call Sign: WP-K
Takeoff time: 21:28
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Reginald Frederick Elliott RNZAF NZ/416196 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Basil Leonard Neal RAFVR 1539922 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Clarence Bertram Barrott RAFVR 1027587 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Charles McKerns RCAF R/111483 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 January, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Alfred Chadwick RAFVR 1214519 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Norman Louis Fauvel RAFVR 931566 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Clifford Leigh Maunder RCAF J/18269 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.381st.com/90sqlosses.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 08:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 20:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 12:23 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-May-2021 13:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2024 11:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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