ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52184
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 20:41 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF406 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Deelen Airfield, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the 3./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Target: Hamburg
Call Sign: HA-E
Takeoff time: 18:35
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Leslie Joseph Dodd RAFVR 1295445 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Matthew Bean Holden RAF 651668 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Richard Charles Selby RAFVR 1377760 [Killed]
Observer / Bomb Aimer : Warrant Officer Class II Robert John Thomas Lynn RCAF R/102004 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frank Campbell Stewart RCAF R/72715 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Denis Graham Heath RAFVR 1240536 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Howard William Traver RCAF R/133834 [Killed]
All lie at the Arnhem (Moscowa) General Cemetery, Netherlands (52.004901 / 5.921358)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2029&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Feb-2018 22:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 25-Aug-2018 11:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 02:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-May-2024 15:00 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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