ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 309200
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| Date: | Wednesday 10 February 1943 |
| Time: | 09:40 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1427 (Ferry Trg) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | N6008 |
| MSN: | XT-W2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | ENE of Haverhill, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Two engines failed, and while flying at low level, attempting to return to RAF Stradishall, flew into high tension lines. One civilian on the ground was killed.
Crew:
Sgt Patrick Samuel O'CARROLL (404932) Nav. RAFVR: killed
Sgt George Trevor PIERCE (982034) Flight Eng. RAFVR: killed
P/O Sidney Clifford ROGERS (141459) Pilot RAFVR: killed
Sgt Robert William SMITH (1380261) WOp RAFVR: killed
+ 2x Ok
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses, Volume 8, page 195.
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