ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209667
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:26 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF476 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kragelund Fælled, north of Vejle, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Hermann Müller of the IV./NJG 3, flying Ju 88 D5+DF from Grove airfield. The Stirling succesfully crash-landed.
Target: Rostock
Call Sign: LS-P
Takeoff time: 22:30
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Charles Spence Lyons RNZAF NZ/415334 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Hugh Wood Somme Hipwell RAF 746197 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant James Robert Marshall RNZAF NZ/411920 [PoW, repatriated]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Roy Lockwood RAF 124928 (NCO:1321051 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 November, 1942) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Richard Howland RAF 1380104 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Shaw RAF [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Maurice Charles Huggett RAF 1394941 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430039.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 10:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2024 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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