ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205612
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:15 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3757 |
| MSN: | LS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hartward, Neuharlingersiel, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:05 hrs for an operation to Bremen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak from both Luftwaffe & Kriegsmarine.
All the crew were made Prisoners of War:
39898 Sqn Ldr I G Richmond DFC (New Zealand) PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 478.
568958 Sgt B B Finn PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24966.
123193 Plt Off F E Scott PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 479.
1266932 Sgt V H Rainbow PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24996.
45984 Fg Off R W Smith PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 481.
1022755 Sgt A McLeod PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 24939.
744931 Flt Sgt N G Potter PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24968.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/176121
https://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?12173-No-1501-B-A-T-Flight-circa-1941
https://aircrewremembered.com/richmond-ian-gordon.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1941 | N6016 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Tangstedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 29 January 1942 | N6098 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lossiemouth |  |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | N3703 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | Rectory Farm Cow Land Godmanchester | |
unk |
| 9 May 1942 | W7528 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brodersby, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | W7576 | 15 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tienrayseweg road, Horst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W7634 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Sylt island (near List), Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | BF470 | 15 Sqn RAF | 3 | Haste, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | BK707 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus, Marne, Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Feb-2018 16:31 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 09:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Nov-2023 08:20 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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