ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207326
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| Date: | Thursday 11 March 1943 |
| Time: | 21:40 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7617 |
| MSN: | MG-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus, Marne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by Oblt. Hans-Karl Kamp of the 7./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: MG-A
Takeoff time: 19:29
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Michael Edward Thwaites DFC RAFVR 79550 (NCO:742589 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 June, 1940) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Flight Sergeant Charles Stewart DFM RAF 517058 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Lieutenant Frederick Denzil James Thompson DFC RAFVR 120392 (NCO:1389493 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 December, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flying Officer Arthur Harold Bywater DFC RAFVR 49875 (NCO:630196 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 November, 1942) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Clift DFM RAFVR 1206512 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Pilot Officer Leonard Ronald Stockwell Luton DFC RAFVR 132180 (NCO:927335 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 17 November, 1942) [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Robert Matthew Urwin RAFVR 1014657 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=15
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1941 | N6035 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | near the Jillesweg road, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | N3716 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Langerbruggestraat, Ghent, East Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | R9328 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | Elbe river near Brunsbüttelkoog, Brunsbüttel (Schleswig-Holstein) |  |
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| 21 December 1942 | R9262 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | near La Folie, Fraillicourt, Ardennes 08 | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Mar-2018 21:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source] |
| 11-Mar-2024 07:29 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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