ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52130
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:26 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF333 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Heligoland -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Ofw. Karl Haisch of the 4./NJG 3, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217 from Westerland airfield, Germany.
Target: Hamburg
Call Sign: LS-X
Takeoff time: 18:12
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William Ian Moffat RAFVR 117429 (NCO:1341950 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Percy John Elton RAFVR 961061 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Orison Edwin Amos RNZAF NZ/411717 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Ronald William Turner RAFVR 120671 (NCO:1390397 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 August, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant James McGrane RAFVR 1021081 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Harold Sherratt RAFVR 1454837 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas James Caveney RAFVR 1130074 [Killed]
Passenger : Pilot Officer Adolf Philip Meijer Dutch Cross of Merit RAFVR 126127 [Killed]
All : Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2084&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Mar-2018 20:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2018 20:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Mar-2024 07:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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