ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203132
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 May 1942 |
| Time: | 03:26 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6124 |
| MSN: | OJ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Agnicourt-et-Séchelles, Aisne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Operation - Stuttgart, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by Leutnant Knoch & Unteroffizier Posschl of the 7./NJG 3, who were flying Bf 110 D-3 D5+DR from Juvincourt airfield. The Messerschmitt went down too.
Pilot:103550 Plt Off Arnold foster Cheetham - Laon (St Just) Communal Cemetery Grave 14.
Flight Engineer:569626 Sgt Basil Ernest Smith - Laon (St Just) Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 16-20.
Observer:J/1211 Fg Off Kenneth William Byron Moodie RCAF - Laon (St Just) Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 16-20.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:630417 Flt Sgt Victor Carriline - Laon (St Just) Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 16-20.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1152526 Sgt Frederick Bertram Pomeroy - Laon (St Just) Communal Cemetery Coll grave 16-20.
Air Gunner: 742695 Flt Sgt Francis Derek Jago - Laon (St Just) Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 16-20.
Air Gunner:968972 Flt Sgt James Arthur Shaw - Laon (St Just) Communal Cemetery Coll. grave 16-20.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=819
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/cheetham-arnold.html
GQM (#6-9)
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1942 | R9321 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Wanheim-Angerhausen, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | W7572 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | Thieulain, Leuze-en-Hainaut. |  |
w/o |
| 14 February 1943 | W7638 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 3 | 2 km SW of Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | EE894 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | 500 metres northwest of Kückenmühle, Ronnenberg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2017 20:38 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 22-May-2021 12:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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