ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51701
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:02 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9281 |
| MSN: | MG-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 15 km WSW of Ostend, West Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington |
Takeoff at 23:34 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Kurt Karsten of the 7./NJG 4 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:
Pilot F/O. A.J. Davis 120803 RAF Runnymede Memorial 124
Flight engineer Sgt. G. Thompson 1063345 RAF Runnymede Memorial 167
Navigator F/Sgt. F. Fazackerley 655452 RAF Runnymede Memorial 149
Bomb aimer Sgt. H.R. Glover 1335742 RAF Castricum J 6 check grave number
Wo ag Sgt. A.R.J. Hunt 1375694 RAF Belgium 9 3 43 Buried Oostende
Air gunner F/O. J.F. Hanrahan 49951 RAF Runnymede Memorial 124
Air gunner Sgt. S.C. Carter 1331481 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 21
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=R9281&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 March 1942 | R9305 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Ahrensfelde, Ahrensburg, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 12:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2022 12:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 07-Nov-2022 02:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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