ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235932
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:58 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6129 |
| MSN: | HA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of the Rømø (Denmark) & Sylt (Germany) islands -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:27 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Viktor Sorko of the 4./NJG 3 based at Westerland/Sylt airfield.
The bodies of two crew members were found between the islands of Sylt and Rømø on 30 July and laid to rest in the cemetery of Kirkeby on Rømø on the first of August with German Army Chaplain Bukin from Sylt officiating at the graveside ceremony.
They were Observer P/O Roger C. Eldridge and Flt. Engr. Rodney K. Helyer.
The Pilot P/O Colin Macqueen Farquharson and Air Gnr. Sgt Ronald D. Horder have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, while Navigator Sgt Harold Windle, W/Op-Air Gnr. Sgt Norman Jackson and Air Gnr. Russell S. Brandish today rest in Kiel War cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194241.shtml
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N6129
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1943 | BF450 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Rheinau, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
| 17 August 1943 | EH884 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | municipality Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | EH986 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | Berlin, Templehof airport | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 13:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Jul-2020 13:33 | Anon. | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 19-Mar-2021 20:55 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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