ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203152
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| Date: | Tuesday 5 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6070 |
| MSN: | HA-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goldsteinstraße, Frankfurt am Main, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham |
Takeoff at 21:50 hrs for an operation against Plzeň (Pilsen), Czecho-Slovakia.
Possibly shot down by Flak.
Pilot:994457 Flt Sgt William Humphreys Gregg - Durnbach War Cemetery 9.J.8
Pilot:46921 Plt Off Joseph Ogden Heap - Durnbach War Cemetery 9.J.10 (NCO:655235, Gazette of 9th December 1941)
Flight Engineer:569100 Sgt Thomas Randall Sherwood - Durnbach War Cemetery 9.J.14
Navigator:1051991 Flt Sgt Leonard Aspinall Mayer - Durnbach Cemetery 9.J.9 29.
Wireless Operator: 923992 Sgt Keith Wheeler DFM - Durnbach War Cemetery 9.J.11 21
Wireless Operator:1108923 Sgt Thomas Whythe - Durnbach Cemetery 9.J.12
Air Gunner:1378346 Flt Sgt Rowland Lennock - Durnbach War Cemetery 9.J.13 29
Air Gunner:R/64752 Sgt L R Macaffe RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 4 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 74.
Sources:
218 (Gold Coast) Squadron
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N6070&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1942 | R9187 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 40 km north of Norderney island, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 27 September 1943 | EE937 | 218 Sqn RAF | 7 | 2 km south of Eldagsen, Springe, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Dec-2017 15:02 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:27 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2021 12:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Oct-2021 17:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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