Accident Short Stirling Mk I W7509,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52661
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 July 1942
Time:03:12
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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/timeContributorUpdates
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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