ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50020
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| Date: | Wednesday 20 September 1944 |
| Time: | 18:35 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 190 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LJ829 |
| MSN: | G5-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Van der Molenallee street, Doorwerth, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Fairford, Gloucestershire |
Takeoff at 15:00± hrs for a re-supply operation in support of operation Market Garden.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. All nine crew members perished in the crash and are buried at the Oosterbeek War Cemetery:
Pilot F/O. R.J. Matheson J/20179 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 7 (R/121695)
Flight Engineer Sgt. E.F. Keen 1850765 RAF Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 5-6
Navigator P/O. R.A. Davis 413155 RAAF Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 3-4
Bomb Aimer P/O. K. Willet 426206 RAAF Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 3-4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner W/O I T.W. Allen R/131619 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 9
Air Gunner W/O I D.L. Brouse R/82714 RCAF Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 5-6
Air Despatcher Drv. J.F. Leech T10663588 RASC Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 1
Air Despatcher L/Cpl F. Rexstrew T179420 RASC Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 8
Passenger Sgt. S.J. Cooke 1093155 RAF Oosterbeek War Cem 29 C 2 - hitched a ride
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4206&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www2talk.com/index.php?threads/in-memoriam-those-air-force-pilots-crew-who-died-in-this-day-in-ww2.18267/page-38
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Feb-2019 13:33 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2019 07:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Sep-2019 07:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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