ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203513
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| Date: | Monday 18 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:57 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6071 |
| MSN: | HA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lyne, Tarm, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham |
While flying over Westerland, attacked by the crew of Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert & Feldwebel Johannes Richter of the 4./NJG 2, who had taken off from Westerland/Sylt airfield at 00:05 hrs, in Bf 110 F-4 R4+BM.
The stricken Stirling followed the Danish coast to the north and crashed near Lyne after the crew had baled out. 3 crew members were hit by shrapnel on their descent. Unfortunately Fg Off Barnfather sustained shrapnel wound to his stomach and died:
Pilot:36241 Flt Lt A G L Humphreys DFC PoW (Went to hospital due to sores and was repatriated on February 6, 1945 aboard the "Arundel Castle.")
Flight Engineer: NZ402059 Sgt R I Hill RNZAF PoW camps 8B / 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25105
Navigator:568172 Sgt J N T Taylor PoW camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / L4 Gross Tychow. PoW Number 96.
Observer:400393 Fg Off E R Barnfather RAAF - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery AIII. 11. 13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 550796 Sgt R Layfield PoW camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. PoW Number 67.
Air Gunner: 971165 Sgt G Toynbee-Clarke PoW camps L3 Sagan / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel. PoW Number 99.
Air Gunner:611762 Sgt W A Lawrence PoW camps 8B Lamsdorf / 4C Colditz / 4B Mühlberg. PoW Number 25113.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194224.shtml
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
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| 22 June 1943 | BK712 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Wijtestraat, Aarschot, Flemish Brabant |  |
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| 22 June 1943 | BK722 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 3 | along Chijnsgoed road, Sterksel, Noord-Brabant | |
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| 26 June 1943 | EH898 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | Zegendijk, Zieuwent, Gelderland | |
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| 11 August 1943 | EE885 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 1 | Offenhausen, Bayern |  |
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| 23 September 1943 | EJ104 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | the Bauwaldthal at Kirchheimbolanden; Rheinland-Pfalz | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 19:55 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 29-Dec-2017 12:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:30 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2021 12:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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