ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49950
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| Date: | Saturday 23 September 1944 |
| Time: | 18:00 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 570 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LJ991 |
| MSN: | E7-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Heterensche Leigraaf canal, Heteren, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Harwell |
Takeoff at 14:36 hrs for a re-supply operation in support of Market Garden.
Plane crash-landed. Pilot was Pilot Officer Clif Beck (RCAF). Killed were Flt/Sgts Erles Milks - Bomb Aimer (RCAF), John McGarrie - Flt Engineer (RAFRV), Simon Cormier - Navigator (RCAF), Harold Stell - Air Gunner (RCAF), Cyril William Lightwood - Driver (RASC). Pilot seriously injured. Wireless Operator Sydney Wheatley and RASC Driver (identity unknown) also injured. Those killed are buried at Heteren.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4299&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Feb-2012 04:21 | Phil Wheatley | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 07-Feb-2012 23:36 | Phil Wheatley | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2016 07:43 | Phil Wheatley | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 14-Sep-2019 12:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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