ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206754
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 22:28 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9279 |
| MSN: | LS-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 50 km W of Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Bergen airfield - North Sea 50km West Noordwijk: 1,400 at 22:28.
Crew
Pilot:J/9742 Flt Lt Victor Henry Harris RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 172.
2nd Pilot:656235 Flt Sgt Richard Ashdown - Runnymede Memorial Panel 135.
Flight Engineer:1264399 Sgt Jack Wratten - Runnymede Memorial Panel 170
Navigator:1380939 Sgt Peter Rogers - Runnymede Memorial Panel 163.
Bomb Aimer:1126466 Sgt Howell Rees Jones - Runnymede Memorial Panel 155.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1190732 Sgt Wilfred Shaw - Runnymede Memorial Panel 164.
Air Gunner:412166 Sgt William Roy Matthews RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 196.
Air Gunner:1442651 Sgt Sidney Phillips - Runnymede Memorial Panel 161.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/26792-R92791943-02-27.html
CWGC
RAAF MEMBERS ATTACHED TO THE ROYAL AIR FORCE IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND MISSING WITH NO KNOWN GRAVE.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 September 1942 | R9318 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 6 km NW of Bergen, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | BK648 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | zwischen Flugplatz Hangelar und Menden Bahnhof |  |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | EH893 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hamburg-Ochsenwerder | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Feb-2018 09:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Feb-2018 09:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Feb-2018 17:49 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-Jan-2019 16:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 14:06 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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