ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205830
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| Date: | Friday 3 July 1942 |
| Time: | 03:05 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3718 |
| MSN: | HA-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea west of Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Aircraft was last heard at 00:28 transmitting a SOS. The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield - (claim) North Sea 50 km west of Hoek van Holland: 300m at 03:05.
All seven are missing in action:
Pilot:126109 Plt Off Geoffrey George Jeary - Runnymede Memorial Panel 70
Flight Engineer:572972 Sgt Jack Mainwaring - Runnymede Memorial Panel 89
Observer/Navigator:R/77386 Flt Sgt Richard John Anderson - RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102
Wireless Operator:905958 Flt Sgt Ronald Ernest Pithers - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1112566 Sgt Walter McDonald Watson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/59356 Flt Sgt Reginald Frederick Noton RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106
Air Gunner:R/74322 Flt Sgt Harold Ernest Magladry - RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 105
Sources:
218(Gold Coast) Squadron Royal Air Force
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09N3718
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1942 | W7535 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine département |  |
w/o |
| 21 August 1942 | BF319 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Langwedel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 10 September 1942 | BF351 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Sint Philipsland, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Feb-2018 16:03 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 15:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2020 15:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Sep-2023 21:42 | tachel | Updated [[Time, Source, Narrative]] |
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