ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51891
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| Date: | Friday 14 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:14 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9242 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schelsberg, Heerlerheide, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburg |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond airfield, Belgium. Also claimed by heavy Flak of the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 514 at 02:16.
Target: Bochum
Call Sign: BU-O
Takeoff time: 00:01
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. R.M. Gibbney 1527965 RAF Runnymede Memorial 150
Flight engineer Sgt. F.D. Stannard 996460 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Navigator F/Lt. A.R. Minton 128458 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. R.F. Gullick 1319706 RAF Survived POW
Wo ag F/Sgt. L. Sutcliffe 1025590 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. L. Leake 1699563 RAF Runnymede Memorial 156
Air gunner Sgt. S.R. Tinkler 1320307 RAF Runnymede Memorial 167
- Sgt. Unknown RAF Heerlen Cemetery Akerstraat
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2315&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.google.nl/maps/place/6414+GK+Heerlerheide/@50.9098663,5.9666338,11.61z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x47c0bc3d13b86a15:0xdea6e0ba24259521!8m2!3d50.9213335!4d5.9636686
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-May-2018 11:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-May-2018 11:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-May-2018 11:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source] |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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