ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236065
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| Date: | Thursday 13 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:11 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF329 |
| MSN: | LS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bois de Roly, SE of Romedenne, Philippeville, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:40 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Kurt Martinek of the 9./NJG 4, who had taken off from Juvincourt airfield in France.
The dead now rest in Gosselies : F/Sgt Kenneth McAusland (27 y. pilot), Sgt Donald T. Jeans (radio operator, 25 y.), Sgt Lester J. Blackmore (radio operator, 23 y.), Sgt Roy Helyar (air gunner, 22 y.), Sgt Terence Shoesmith (air gunner) and P/O John L. Sturgess (observer, 21 y., RCAF).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-rommedenne
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF329
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1941 | N6015 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wattenmeer 3 km west of Pellworm island, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 19 February 1943 | BF411 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 10 km N of Ameland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | BK656 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | near the De Wetweg, Otterlo, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EF427 | 15 Sqn RAF | 4 | 4 km north of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-May-2020 20:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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