ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49981
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Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
Time: | 16:45 LT |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 190 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LJ943 |
MSN: | G5- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near 'De Slop' farm, Zetten, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 13:43 hrs for a re-supply operation in support of Market Garden.
Crashed due to combat.
Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.B. Herger J/89135 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 6-7
Flight Engineer Sgt. L. Hillyard 1818509 RAF Survived - injured, POW
Navigator F/O. O.H. Antoft J/25114 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 6-7 - from Denmark
Bomb Aimer F/O. J.K. MacDonnell J/28491 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 8
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner W/O II L.I. Whitlock R/155222 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 6-7
Air Gunner F/O. H.A. Thornington 143115 RAF Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 4 D 11
Air Gunner W/O J. Thomas R/173863 RCAF Survived - injured, POW
Air Despatcher Drv. E. Noble T157697 RASC Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 18 B 9-10
Air Despatcher Drv. C. Parker T175876 RASC Oosterbeek War Cemetery; 18 B 9-10
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4241&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
12-Sep-2019 07:54 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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