ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202374
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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | 04:35 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3703 |
| MSN: | LS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Rectory Farm Cow Land Godmanchester -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Alconbury |
Hit badly by flak on a mission to Essen, Germany but managed to return to England. After an aborted attempt at landing and having to go around again the aircraft crashed at Rectory Farm Cow Land Godmanchester near Huntingdon.
Crew
Pilot: 70885 Sqn Ldr Matthew Drummond Henderson Wilson - Wyton (St Margaret and All Saints)Churchyard Huntingdonshire
2nd Pilot: Sgt David Southy - Injured.
Flight Engineer: 52164 Sgt Leonard John Gornall - Injured (MIA 26 February 1945 SOE Sortie 138 Squadron)
Navigator: Fg Off Clifford Reeve - Survived (Rescued Sgt Southy and Sgt Gould. Awarded MBE for his actions).
Bomb Aimer: 1393659 Sgt Sidney John Jordan - Survived (KIA 27 September 1943).
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt Daniel Lammie - Injured (After recovering never flew again)
Air Gunner: 1305524 Sgt William Edmund Chambers - Survived (KIA 30 May 1942)
Air Gunner: 1261768 Sgt Edgar George Spencer Gould - Croydon (Mitcham Road) Churchyard Plot L. 4. Grave 12775.
Sources:
CWGC
Aircrew Remembered
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1941 | N6016 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Tangstedt, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 29 January 1942 | N6098 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lossiemouth | |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | W7528 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brodersby, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 30 June 1942 | N3757 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hartward, Neuharlingersiel, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | W7576 | 15 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tienrayseweg road, Horst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W7634 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Sylt island (near List), Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | BF470 | 15 Sqn RAF | 3 | Haste, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | BK707 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus, Marne, Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2017 20:50 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Apr-2020 20:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 18-Dec-2023 09:43 | Blocky | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
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