ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207140
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| Date: | Monday 8 March 1943 |
| Time: | 22:13 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK697 |
| MSN: | LS-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Champneuville, northwest of Verdun, Meuse, Grand Est -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Shot down by Lt. Helmut Bergmann of the Stab III./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Nürnberg, Germany
Takeoff time: 19:36
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Jack Graham Ripley RCAF J/16519 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Francis Farrelly RAF 653824 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Arthur James Bagg RCAF R/106054 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Archie Melrose Reid RCAF R/93534 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Clifford Burkill RAFVR 1109609 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Elmer Keith Matlock RCAF R/103796 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Lester Mcbride Wadman RCAF J/11120 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK697
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG4.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 July 1941 | N6030 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea southeast of Deal, Kent, England |  |
w/o |
| 12 October 1941 | N6047 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Mariembourg, Couvin, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 22 January 1942 | N6093 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
| 20 July 1942 | R9308 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Waterbeach | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Mar-2018 08:47 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Mar-2018 09:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Dec-2018 18:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2024 08:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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