ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 150407
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| Date: | Thursday 22 February 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 190 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LK566 |
| MSN: | G5-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Near Tvedestrand -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Great Dunmow, |
Took off from RAF Great Dunmow. SOE mission CROP25 to Norway, a DZ just north of Oslo, Norway. Crashed on high ground near Langang after being shot down by flak and/or night fighters over Kristiansand area. Claimed Major Martin Drewes near Tvedestrand.
Crew
Pilot: 1288445 WO Stanley Bernard Currie - Holt Churchyard Aust-Agder Norway Collective Grave Plot 2 Grave 6.
2nd Pilot: 1334862 Flt Sgt Kenneth Frank Newman -Holt Churchyard Aust-Agder Norway Collective Grave Plot 2 Grave 6
Flight Engineer: 1615818 Flt Sgt Lewis George Baldock - Holt Churchyard Aust-Agder Norway Collective Grave Plot 2 Grave 6.
Navigator: 983927 Flt Sgt Donald Hollinrake - Holt Churchyard Aust-Agder Norway Collective Grave Plot 2 Grave 6
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1604369 Flt Sgt Thomas James Alexander Grant - Holt Churchyard Aust-Agder Norway Collective Grave Plot 2 Grave 6
Air Gunner: 1457369 Flt Sgt Robert Edwin Davies - Holt Churchyard Aust-Agder Norway Collective Grave Plot 2 Grave 6
Sources:
http://www.luftwaffe.no/SIG/1945/Nacht.html
Wikipedia
Aircraft Lost on Allied Force’s Special Duty Operations
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Oct-2012 10:35 | gerard57 | Added |
| 28-Oct-2012 10:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 27-May-2016 17:16 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-May-2018 04:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 19:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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