ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52100
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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1943 |
| Time: | 23:16 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK592 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km off Hoek van Holland, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oblt. Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Essen
Call Sign: MG-P
Takeoff time: 19:45
Crew:
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Donald Edward Street RAFVR 1113682 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Miller Meiklejohn RAFVR 1102605 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Donald Charles Wilson RAFVR 656188 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Thomas Edward Hastings RAFVR 1138074 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Richard Allan Whitaker Sharpe RCAF R/108329 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Neale RCAF R/115981 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 March, 1942) [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Winston Seymour Berry RAFVR 1068137 [Killed]
All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2114A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Mar-2018 19:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 00:55 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Mar-2024 08:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Total occupants, Narrative] |
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