ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 49988
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Date: | Thursday 21 September 1944 |
Time: | 16:00 LT |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 190 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | LJ823 |
MSN: | L9-M |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 9 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Diedense Uiterdijk dike, Megen, Noord-Brabant -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 12:15 hrs for a re-supply operation in support of Market Garden.
Over Gelderland, hit by Flak & Luftwaffe fighters and crashed on the southern bank of the Maas river.
Crew:
Pilot F/O. A.C. Farren RAF Survived - evader
Flight Engineer F/Sgt. F.M.T. Stone RAF Survived - evader
Navigator F/Sgt. F. Ross RAF Survived - evader
Bomb Aimer F/Sgt. W.L.P. Cairns 1564620 RAF Groesbeek RCAF cemetery; 22 E 9
Bomb Aimer W/O L.J. Billen 1378767 RAF Horssen cemetery; west of the entrance
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. W.H. Skewes 1384994 RAF Wijchen cemetery; 1
Air Gunner F/Sgt. A.J.H. Brown RAF Survived - evader
Air Despatcher Drv. G. Poole RASC Survived - evader
Air Despatcher Cpl. Woodley RASC Survived - evader
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4237&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 08:28 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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