ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204184
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:27 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7508 |
| MSN: | OJ-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | L'Écluse, Beauvechain, Walloon Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation against the steel-producing town of Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Walter Barte of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Those who did not survive rest at Adegem, Maldegem in Oost-Vlaanderen:
Pilot:121334 Plt Off Peter Levinge Clayton - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery XII. F. 12.
Pilot:1365131 Sgt James Hutchison Mouat - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery XII. F. 7.
Flight Engineer:568970 Sgt Michael Joseph Kelleher - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery XII. F. 9.
Observer:108245 Plt Off David Morgan Price Jones - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery XII. F. 10.
Bomb Aimer:1172551 Sgt D J Poynter PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 522.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1167271 Sgt Thomas Alfred George - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery XII. F. 8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1286635 Sgt John Frederick Gwyther - Adegem Canadian War Cemetery XII. F. 11.
Air Gunner:1287042 Sgt Benjamin Frederick Goldsmith - Evaded (Comete Line). Killed in Action 2 October 1942
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=nl&u=https://www.luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-sluizen&prev=search
https://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.evasioncomete.org/fgoldsmbf.html&prev=search
http://www.isle-of-wight-memorials.org.uk/people-woo/woo_clayton_pl.htm
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7508
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 July 1942 | W7580 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | 'Den Hanenberg' pub at Geffen, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | EF438 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | 4 km west of Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2018 16:44 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 11-Jan-2018 16:45 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2020 15:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2022 11:30 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Nov-2022 01:28 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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