ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211637
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| Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:48 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF565 |
| MSN: | HA-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Kettenis, Eupen, Liège -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EC from St Trond airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 514.
Target: Barmen-Wuppertal
Call Sign: HA-H
Takeoff time: 23:03
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF565
This aircraft lifted off from RAF Downham Market at 2303 hours on the night of 29 May 1943, as part of a force of 719 aircraft tasked to bomb Wuppertal, Germany.
Nothing was heard after take off and it failed to return to base.
The crew were as follows.
Pilot Officer Stanley Gordon Allan (416404 RAAF) - Pilot
Sergeant John Charles Thomas (629027 RAFVR) - Flight Engineer Sergeant Horton Neilson Wade (42313
RNZAF) - Navigator
Pilot Officer Earle Stanley Garai (132096 RAFVR) - Air Bomber
Sergeant Kenneth Munro Campbell (614965 RAF) - Air Gunner Sergeant William Frederick Henderson (1072483 RAFVR) - Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sergeant Donald Percy Strong (411614 RNZAF) - Air Gunner
All now rest in Hotton War Cemetery, Hotton. Belgium.
BF565 came down at Kettenis a village in Eupen, Eastern Belgium. Please see source 4.
Details of Pilot Officer Allan can be found at 5.
Earle Garai is commemorated on a family grave in Surbiton Cemetery, South West London.
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF565
3. https://www.belgians-remember-them.eu/crew-lie-kett.php
4. https://aviationmuseumwa.org.au/afcraaf-roll/allan-stanley-gordon-416404/
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/75851
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 1942 | W7475 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Lashorst, Preußisch Oldendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2018 07:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Nov-2022 06:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 04-May-2023 05:12 | Richard | Updated [[Location]] |
| 04-Jul-2023 14:28 | Richard | Updated [[[Location]]] |
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