Accident Short Stirling Mk I BF310,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52738
 
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Date:Tuesday 30 June 1942
Time:03:02
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:149 (East India) Sqn RAF
Registration: BF310
MSN: OJ-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:IJsselmeer south of Hoorn, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Lakenheath
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:25 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Leopold Fellerer of the 5./NJG 2 - (claim) IJsselmeer off Schellingwoude at 03:02.
All of the crew rest at Amsterdam:

Pilot:J/15474 Plt Off Cecil William Simmons (American) RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 7.
Flight Engineer:567762 Sgt Wilfred Charles Scarlett - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 5.
Observer:J/5085 Fg Off Kenneth White RCAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 9.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1184530 Sgt Lawrence Stephen Lloyd - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1108725 Sgt Frank Squires Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 3.
Air Gunner:1319646 Sgt William Earl Thomas - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Joint grave
Air Gunner:1203767 Sgt Raymond Eugene Barr - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Joint grave

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1660&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 July 1942 BF320 149 (East India) Sqn RAF 8 Rodenhof, Saarbrücken, Saarland w/o
29 August 1942 N6081 149 (East India) Sqn RAF 6 Airlenbach, Oberzent, Hessen. w/o
10 September 1942 R9170 149 (East India) Sqn RAF 6 Grote Adriana Theodorapolder, Ooltgensplaat, Zuid-Holland w/o
1 June 1944 LJ501 149 (East India) Sqn RAF 6 North Sea off Zeebrugge, West Flanders w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
29-Jun-2017 11:57 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Feb-2018 14:22 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 13:48 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
05-May-2020 10:00 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]

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