ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 220836
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| Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:01 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF530 |
| MSN: | OJ-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hulsbeekstraat 142, Geetbets, Flemish Brabant. -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, |
Takeoff at 23:27 hrs for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George Arthur Cozens DFM RAFVR 148793 [Killed] (NCO:1176846 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 September, 1943)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Robert Froude Hathaway RAFVR 1334032 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Patrick Hodgkinson RAF 577048 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Ernest George Redman DFC RAFVR 125567 [Killed] (NCO:1365940 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 04 August, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Joseph Needham RCAF J/13275 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant R A Hodge RNZAF 413756 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William John Williams RAF 637252 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Lewis William Curtis RAF 149063 [Killed] (NCO:844278 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 September, 1943)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/cozens-george.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2019 13:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Jan-2019 12:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2022 01:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Jul-2023 07:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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