ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204185
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:44 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9321 |
| MSN: | OJ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wanheim-Angerhausen, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Takeoff at 23:22 hrs for an operation against the steel-producing town of Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed at Wanheim-Angerhausen.
The crew were initially buried at the Nordfriedhof Duisburg. After hostilities they were reinterred in Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot:39662 Sqn Ldr Roy Braham Harris (Jamaican) - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 6.
Flight Engineer:568667 Sgt John Easting - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 8.
Observer:R/62370 Flt Sgt Frank Donald Lindsay RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 7.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1309980 Sgt Jack Parris - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1359191 Sgt Stanley Dennis England - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 3.
Air Gunner:755152 Sgt John Spring Flockhart - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 4.
Air Gunner:1382212 Sgt Nicholas Henry Kortright - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. F. 2.
Sources:
https://www.caribbeanaircrew-ww2.com/?p=357
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9321
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 May 1942 | N6124 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Agnicourt-et-Séchelles, Aisne département |  |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan-2018 17:08 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 29-Jun-2018 09:17 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2020 16:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2020 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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