ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 347291
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| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 1943 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Stirling III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH986 |
| MSN: | HA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Berlin, Templehof airport -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Aircraft took off at 20h40 on the 23rd for a mission to Berlin. It was hit by heavy flak over target and crashed onto Templehof airport in Berlin.
Pilot: Williams, Walter Stanley, Flight Sergeant, 155480, RAFVR - KIA
Navigator: Pitt, James Andrew, Sergeant, 1578317, RAFVR - KIA
Bomb AImer: Forrest, A S, Sergeant, 1456760, RAFVR - POW
Flight Engineer: Wells, R A, Sergeant, 1253875, RAFVR - POW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Blyth, Jack Samuel, Sergeant, 1483382, RAFVR - KIA
Air Gunner: Hadiken, Alexander Alan, Flight Sergeant, R/178279, RCAF - KIA
Air Gunner: Hooper, Harold Francis, Sergeant, 1318454, RAFVR - KIA
Sources:
218 Sqn war time records from The National Archives UK
https://218squadron.wordpress.com/
Personnel file of Flight Sergeant Alexander Alan Hadiken from Ancestry.ca (Archives Canada)
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2201392
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH986&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=EH986
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1942 | N6129 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of the Rømø (Denmark) & Sylt (Germany) islands | |
w/o |
| 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 |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Oct-2023 21:06 | tachel | Added |
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