ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52564
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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1942 |
| Time: | 23:54 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF351 |
| MSN: | HA-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sint Philipsland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Takeoff at 21:25 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
All seven rest at Bergen op Zoom in Noord-Brabant:
Pilot W/O. II G.E. Milligan R/76763 RCAF / Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 12 F 5
Flight Engineer Sgt. R. Vallance 997279 RAF / Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 1 A 10
Navigator Sgt. J.W. Humphrey 265432 RAF / Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 1 A 8
Bomb Aimer Sgt. M.V. Tate 41611 RNzAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 C 7
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner F/Sgt. D. Emeny 650193 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 C 6
Mid Upper Gunner Sgt. R.W. Bowler 1381965 RAF / Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery; grave 6 F 9
Rear Gunner Sgt. R.E. Graham 404483 RNzAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 3 C 8
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1818&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1942 | W7535 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine département |  |
w/o |
| 3 July 1942 | N3718 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Zuid-Holland | |
mis |
| 21 August 1942 | BF319 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Langwedel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Nov-2014 05:02 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 08-Sep-2017 20:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:42 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-May-2020 11:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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