ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51426
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | 23:28 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH961 |
| MSN: | ZO-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lappenpad road, Knalhutte, Enschede, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford |
Shot down on a bombing mission to Berlin, Germany. The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann August Geiger of the 7./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield.
Three crew members die, four survive and are taken prisoner.
Takeoff time: 20:37
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. J. Griffiths 1404760 RAF Survived POW
Flight engineer Sgt. G.P. Poynter 1726874 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/Sgt. C.P. Pierce R/126066 RCAF Enschede 209
Bomb aimer F/O. D.L.P. Justice 132953 RAF Enschede 210
Wo ag Sgt. I. Llewellyn 1125844 RAF Enschede 208
Air gunner Sgt. G.S. Auld R/140590 RCAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. G.A. Sperring 1458826 RAF Survived POW
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2857&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.secondworldwar.nl/enschede/luchtoorlog-neergestorte-vliegtuigen.php#.VCMTxcIcSdI
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Sep-2014 19:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2018 08:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Aug-2018 08:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:40 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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