ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51732
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Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
Time: | 02:29 |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 620 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EE875 |
MSN: | QS-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 20 km W of Walcheren, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Viktor Sorko of the 4./NJG 3 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:35
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. T. Nicholson 658284 RAF Runnymede Memorial 160
Flight engineer Sgt. R.O. Jasper 1316326 RAF Runnymede Memorial 155
Navigator Sgt. K.W. Read 1394386 RAF Runnymede Memorial 162
Bomb aimer F/O. W.H. Boundy 134161 RAF Runnymede Memorial 123
Wo ag Sgt. A.A.T. Woodard 1384980 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Air gunner Sgt. H.J. Wells 1304641 RAF Bergen op Zoom 28 A 9 Washed up near Petten pole 19.2 at 8th Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. R. Jackson 109856 RAF Runnymede Memorial 154
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2560&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 July 1943 |
BF511 |
620 Sqn RAF |
1 |
Kootwijk near Apeldoorn, Gelderland |
|
w/o |
18 August 1943 |
EF457 |
620 Sqn RAF |
3 |
Kölpinsee, Loddin, Usedom, Pommern |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
23-Jun-2018 10:03 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
09-Oct-2018 18:22 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
23-Jun-2022 07:21 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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