ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52180
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 20:05 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9197 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Leusden, between Valleikanaal and railway, Utrecht province -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
In the evening of the 3rd of February 1943, Hauptmann Reinhold Knacke and Feldwebel Kurt Bundrock take off from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands on a Nachtjagd mission. At approximately 20:00 hours Knacke downs Short Stirling Mk I R9250, which crashes near "De Ganzerd" Ingen, south of Rhenen. At 20:04 hours Knacke downes Short Stirling Mk I R9197. The Stirling with a crew of eight crashes near the edge of the Den Boom estate, close to the railway bridge over the Luntersebeek, south of Leusden. During combat with the Stirling the Bf 110 is shot down and crashed in a meadow near the Modderbeek, at the Helweg, Achterveld. Knacke dies.
Exact crashlocation between PON-railway and Valleikanaal, 50 m northwest of Bruinenburgersluis. Seven crewmembers died instantly, the eighth the following morning at 4 am. All are buried at "Rusthof" General Cemetry Amersfoort/Leusden.
Call Sign: BU-V
Takeoff time: 18:37
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Denis Hedley Smith RAFVR 134995 (NCO:1331744 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 29 December, 1942) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Derek Gordon De Garis RAFVR 138197 (NCO:1434066 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 February, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Frank Evans RAF 635327 [Killed]
Observer : Warrant Officer Class II William McKenzie Murdoch RCAF R/79291 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer John Irven Mackenzie RCAF J/9770 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II William Obediah Powell RCAF R/71536 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Daniel O'Neill RCAF J/93043 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Arley Henry Thiessen RCAF R/122988 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 June, 1942) [Killed]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2032
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Mar-2012 00:52 | Peter Leusden | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2018 22:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Feb-2018 21:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 25-Aug-2018 10:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:11 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 19-Mar-2022 19:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 03-Feb-2024 08:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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