ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210791
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:50 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK704 |
| MSN: | LS-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barlo, Bocholt, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Karl-Heinz Völlkopf of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. Also claimed by heavy Flak units at 02:30, victory Völlkopf later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Target: Bochum
Takeoff time: 00:14
Crew:
S/L. C C J. Bowyer +
P/O. D C. Smith POW
Sgt. H C. Cooper POW
F/O. W G M. Olivier. RCAF POW
Sgt. J B. Craggs POW
Sgt. T P. Hanrahn POW
Sgt. E E. Warner. RCAF POW
Sgt. C E. Keik POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK704
http://sas.raf38group.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1726
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 June 1943 | EH888 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Heeswijk, Utrecht |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2018 14:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2019 12:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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