ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 58459
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF366 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Witteberg, Hamont-Achel, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
On the night of June 21 to 22 1943, the four-engine Stirling bomber EF-366, which had taken off at 00:07 hrs in Oakington and belonged to the 7th Squadron, was shot down. It crashed at about 01:35 hrs in the hamlet "Het Ven" at Hamont-Achel. The Stirling was claimed shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Siegfried Wandam of the 1./NJG 5 (detached to Stab II./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 3. & 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591. Victory Hptm. Wandam later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert Bruce Meiklejohn RAAF Aus/413222 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frank William Coles RAF 929448 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Charles Henry Gerrard Redwood RNZAF NZ/414679 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Frank Hugo RAF 1339839 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Leslie Edward Ellingham RAF 1331718 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Kilfoyle RAF 1456893 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edgar Andrew Brown RAF 411608 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://www.tracesofwar.nl/sights/1503/Monument-Stirling-EF366.htm
http://www.grevenbroekmuseum.be/UK/stirling_UK.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Images:
Crashsite 22 Feb 43
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2009 05:01 | geert | Added |
| 20-Jun-2018 15:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2018 15:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 19-Apr-2024 14:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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