ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52661
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Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
Time: | 03:12 |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 1651 CU RAF |
Registration: | W7509 |
MSN: | BS-Q |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Klein Zwitserlandlaan road, Heelsum, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:03 hrs for an operation to Hamburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans von Hagenow of the 7./NJG 1 based at Twente airfield - (claim) Heelsum 9 km west of Arnhem (4B).
The survivors were all taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:112306 Plt Off Verle Marshall Smith - Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery Grave 2
Flight Engineer:901723 Sgt J L Warren PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 1049.
Navigator:118623 Plt Off D E Breed PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 567
Bomb Aimer:657072 Sgt R Morrow PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25629.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1025167 Sgt L Cox PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25040.
Air Gunner:1314643 Sgt Alan Aldridge - Renkum (Oosterbeek) General Cemetery Grave 1
Air Gunner:R/79166 Flt Sgt H V Dufour RCAF PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25046
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1731 Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
11-Aug-2017 08:27 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
23-Feb-2018 21:09 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
06-Nov-2018 19:42 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
12-May-2020 14:44 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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