ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52736
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:04 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6082 |
| MSN: | OJ-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wons - Noorderwaard; Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Takeoff at 23:38 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was damaged by Flak over the target. On return, shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Georg Bötel of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield - (claim) IJsselmeer near Wons at 02:04.
Those who did not survive rest in Makkum cemetery:
Pilot:75471 Sqn Ldr George William Alexander - Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard Row N. Coll. grave 37. (Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 November, 1939)
Co-Pilot:67693 Flt Lt William George Barnes DFC - Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard Row N. Coll. grave 37. (NCO:1286261 Commission Gazetted : Friday 27 June, 1941)
Flight Engineer:562956 Flt Sgt Leslie Wiltshire - Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard Row N. Coll. grave 37.
Observer:120328 Plt Off Cyril William Dellow - Wonseradeel(Makkum) Protestant Churchyard Row N. Coll grave 37. (NCO:921748 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 May, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/404396 Sgt L C Collins PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24973.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1166737 Sgt Philip Frank Hickley - Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard Row N. Coll. grave 37.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1061378 Sgt Leslie Shearer - Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard Row N. Coll. grave 37.
Air Gunner:1190214 Sgt Richard Thomas Patrick Gallagher - Wonseradeel (Makkum) Protestant Churchyard Row N. Coll. grave 37.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1659&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 1942 | R9164 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | south of Tongrinne, Sombreffe, Namur. |  |
w/o |
| 9 December 1942 | W7639 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Fenhouse Farm, Brandon, Suffolk. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-Jun-2017 12:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Feb-2018 15:00 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 05-May-2020 09:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2023 06:45 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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