Accident Short Stirling Mk I R9149,
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Date:Tuesday 9 March 1943
Time:22:13
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: R9149
MSN: MG-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Élan, Flize, Ardennes 08 -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by Lt. Helmut Bergmann of the Stab III/NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.

Target: München
Call Sign: MG-B
Takeoff time: 20:04

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Frank Morton Tomlinson RCAF J/16659 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant L Marsh RAF 968674 [Evaded]
Navigator : Sergeant D M Cox RCAF 104339 [Evaded]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant G R Howard RAF 655165 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant C Davies RAF [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Jennings RAF 976466 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Warrant Officer Class I Vincent Albert Fox RCAF R/126002 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942) [PoW, died later]


Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4187
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
28 March 1942 W7466 7 Sqn RAF 7 near Gnutz, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
3 June 1942 W7500 7 Sqn RAF 8 North Sea off Noord-Holland w/o
29 July 1942 W7565 7 Sqn RAF 4 near Aschhorn, Drochtersen, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Mar-2018 18:39 TigerTimon Added
03-Nov-2018 14:26 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
17-May-2021 09:50 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Location, Source]
30-Jun-2022 04:13 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
09-Mar-2024 13:56 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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