ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52795
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:37 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3762 |
| MSN: | BU-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Driehoekweg, Stegeren, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Operation - Emden, Germany
Homeward-bound, the aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances. Possibly, it was damaged by a night fighter of the III./NJG 1 based at Twente airfield.
Those who did not survive rest at Ommen cemetery:
Pilot S/Ldr. P. Nixey DSO 42257 RAF / grave 7
Second Pilot F/O. R. McD. Mitchell J/7330 RCAF / prisoner of war
Flight Engineer Sgt. W.E. Pearson 568448 RAF / grave 4
Navigator F/O. C.D. Noble DFC J/15080 RCAF / prisoner of war
Bomb Aimer W/O. L.R. Burgin 935079 RAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. D.A. Melville 913638 RAF / grave 5
Air Gunner Sgt. A. Buckley 614046 RAF / grave 6
Air Gunner Sgt. J.H. Bailey 1110527 RAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1606&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
| 27 July 1942 | W7560 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 0 | Westerdeichstrich, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 3 March 1943 | EF329 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Leeste, Weyhe, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | BK686 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 8 | Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jun-2017 08:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2018 13:05 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 21:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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