ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214223
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| Date: | Wednesday 11 August 1943 |
| Time: | 01:25 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE885 |
| MSN: | HA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Offenhausen, Bayern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Coned by searchlights, hit by heavy Flak of the schwere Flak-Abteilung 522 (o).
Takeoff time: 21:58
Crew:
Pilot: Fillmore, Stuart Reginald, Flight Lieutenant, J/6386 RCAF - Killed
2nd Pilot: Molyneaux, Leslie, Sergeant, 741038 RAFVR - PoW
Navigator: Hancock, Harry Arthur, Sergeant, 658735 RAFVR - PoW
Bomb Aimer: Taylor, A T, Flying Officer, 132031, RAFVR - PoW
Flight Engineer: Tancock, Henry John, Sergeant, 577585, RAFVR - PoW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Anderson, Frederick Arthur, Sergeant, 1386170, RAFVR - PoW
Air Gunner: Bryans, Arthur, Sergeant, 1520550, RARVR - PoW
Air Gunner: Chalmers, Edward Joseph, Sergeant, R/80750, RCAF - PoW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE885
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=EE885
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2080413
218 Sqn war time records from The National Archives UK
Personnel file of the pilot F/L Fillmore from Ancestry.ca (Archives Canada)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | N6071 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Lyne, Tarm, Midtjylland |  |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | R9160 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 30 km SW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | BK712 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Wijtestraat, Aarschot, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | BK722 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 3 | along Chijnsgoed road, Sterksel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | EH898 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | Zegendijk, Zieuwent, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | EJ104 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | the Bauwaldthal at Kirchheimbolanden; Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Aug-2018 15:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 13:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2023 16:06 | tachel | Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]] |
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