ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50203
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| Date: | Friday 1 September 1944 |
| Time: | 00:14 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK131 |
| MSN: | NF-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Gilze-Rijen airfield, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Takeoff at 22:32 hrs for an SOE-operation (drop) to Lage Mierde (code-named: Gerrit 1).
While flying at a height of 100-150 metres, the aircraft was hit by light Flak of the 3./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591 (RAD) and II./2./leichte Flak-Abteilung 847 (o); crashed. Only the air despatcher survived, the seven other men are all buried at Gilze cemetery:
Pilot / F/Lt. A.J. Wallace J/272564 RCAF
Flight Engineer / Sgt. R.F.J. Bailey 1807199 RAF
Navigator / F/O. P.E. McNamara J/29858 RCAF
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. G.C. Hanson 1601317 RAF
Bomb Aimer / F/O. C.B. Thompson J/29675 RCAF
Wireless Operator / Sgt. R.W. Bullen 1623269 RAF
Rear Gunner / Sgt. W.A. Baxter 1821358 RAF
Air Despatcher / Sgt. C. Bowker 2211810 RAF / POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part four
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3966&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 |
| 08-Mar-2021 15:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 05:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Jun-2023 14:09 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
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