ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347057
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 04:00 |
| Type: | Short Sterling I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF367 |
| MSN: | HA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Chedburgh, Suffolk -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
| Bochum | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft took off at 00h25 for a bombing mission to Bochum, Germany. It was attacked and heavily damaged by a night fighter while orbiting the target. Bombs were jettisoned and the aircraft set a course for home after evading the enemy aircraft. Pilot elected for a closer alternate field owing to fuel shortage and made for RAF Chedburgh. The aircraft ran out of fuel short of the runway and crashed on the edge of the station. The pilot and navigator only suffered minor injuries while the rest of crew perished.
Sources:
Combat report https://218squadron.wordpress.com/combat-report-may-14th-1943/
https://218squadron.wordpress.com/sergeant-scott-grover-cleveland-r174455-rcaf-air-gunner-2/
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=ef367&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=EF367
218 Sqn records from The National Archives UK
Personnel file of Sgt Cleveland from Ancestry.ca (Archives Canada)
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2720481
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