ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52752
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:39 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7503 |
| MSN: | HA-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Oude Zeug nature reserve, Wieringerwerf; Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2 based at Leeuwarden airfield.
Six of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:108148 Plt Off Brian Francis Ball - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68
Flight Engineer:570275 Sgt Edward Reed Douglass - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
Navigator:994961 Flt Sgt Richard Francis Carroll - Runnymede Memorial Panel 73
Bomb Aimer:1177569 Sgt Arthur Leslie Brooks - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1166334 Sgt Kenneth George Rogers - Wonseradeel (Makkum)Protestant Churchyard Row N. Grave 39.
Air Gunner:540188 Sgt John Frederick F Howes - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86
Air Gunner:1282831 Sgt Denniss Vincent Howes - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1636&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 August 1942 | W7562 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | between Thynes (Dinant) - Sovet (Ciney), Namur |  |
w/o |
| 17 December 1942 | BF403 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Marsdiep off Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 9 October 1943 | BK687 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Ebersdorf, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 13:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2017 13:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:42 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 31-Jan-2018 13:59 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 02-May-2020 15:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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