ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51646
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| Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:28 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF579 |
| MSN: | LS-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Paul Szameitat of the 5./NJG 3 (detached to 11./NJG 1), flying Do 217N D5+MN from Leeuwarden airfield.
The Stirling was on a Gardening (mine-laying) operation to target area Nectarines (code name).
Takeoff time: 22:35
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Hall RAFVR 1432645 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 152
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Joseph Eccles RAFVR 1042163 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 148
Navigator : Sergeant James Joseph Close RAFVR 1459710 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 145
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Victor Harrison Shea RCAF R/99460 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 185
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Frank Albert Dalton RAFVR 1295229 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 146
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Henry Dickinson RAFVR 1331953 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 147
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Anderson Davie RCAF R/180070 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 181
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2639&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 December 1942 | W7635 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Rømø island |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | BK815 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Brielstraat, Beveren, East Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 16 September 1943 | BF569 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Vaux, near Canal du Berry, Allier 03 |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | EH941 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | Buchweg road at Haßloch, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2018 18:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2018 19:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Mar-2024 19:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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