ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51642
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 July 1943 |
| Time: | 02:31 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF436 |
| MSN: | AA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. The Stirling was on a Gardening (mine-laying) operation off the Frisian island chain.
Takeoff time: 23:45
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. R. Thomas 40586 RNzAF Runnymede Memorial 199
Flight engineer Sgt. A. Lackenby 941667 RAF Runnymede Memorial 156
Navigator Sgt. W.E. Stobbs 658070 RAF Runnymede Memorial 166
Bomb aimer Sgt. D.A.A. Taylor 1321755 RAF Runnymede Memorial 166
Wo ag Sgt. J.B. McLoughlin 1262086 RAF Runnymede Memorial 158
Air gunner Sgt. L.O. Lewington 1153956 RAF Runnymede Memorial 156
Air gunner Sgt. C.J. Moore 410555 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 196
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2643&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1942 | BK620 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | Westeinderplassen off Kudelstaart, Noord-Holland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Jul-2018 08:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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