ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51429
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 August 1943 |
| Time: | 04:01 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK650 |
| MSN: | HA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Budel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Kurt Fladrich of the 9./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Juvincourt airfield, France.
Takeoff time: 00:44
Crew:
Pilot F/O. W.H. Clague 156067 RAF Eindhoven EE 99
Flight engineer Sgt. J.A. Whetton 1096809 RAF Eindhoven FE 100
Navigator Sgt. I.A. Robb 1397341 RAF Survived evader, POW (was arrested on 31 Dec 43)
Bomb aimer P/O. G.F. Lorne RAF Survived evader
Wireless op Sgt. H. Butler 1484118 RAF Eindhoven EE 101
Air gunner Sgt. A. Frederickson R/181041 RCAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. C.C. Holden 624070 RAF Eindhoven EE 98
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2859&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | DJ974 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | flats at Hohenstiefersiel, Wangerland; Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 3 February 1943 | BF408 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea off Zoutelande, Zeeland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Aug-2018 14:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 13:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2022 11:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Jun-2022 22:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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