ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 346341
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| Date: | Friday 30 July 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Short Sterling III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF578 |
| MSN: | HA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ahrensfelde, Brandemburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Downham Market |
| Hamburg | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft took off at 22h35 for a bombing mission to Hamburg. It was damaged by flak over target and later shot down by a night fighter of III/NJG3 flown by Uffz Walter Rohlfing.
Crew:
Pilot: 1214025 Sgt RS Pickard (RAFVR) - Killed
Navigator: 50891 P/O HJ Lister (RAFVR) - POW
Bomb AImer: 1395906 Sgt GE Empson (RAFVR) - POW
Flight Engineer: Sgt H Turner (RAF) - POW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1367360 Sgt WL Strang - POW
Air Gunner: R/155939 Sgt BO Anderson (RCAF) - POW
Air Gunner: R/89558 F/Sgt EC Bray (RCAF) - Killed
Sources:
218 Sqn war records from The National Archives UK
Personnel file of F/Sgt Bray
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BF578
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF578&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://218squadron.wordpress.com/
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Oct-2023 14:14 | tachel | Added |
| 07-Oct-2023 14:15 | tachel | Updated |
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