ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 207395
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| Date: | Friday 12 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:18 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF469 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Fagnières southwest of Châlons-sur-Marne -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Shot down by Oblt. Hans Autenrieth of the 6./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Saint-Dizier airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: BU-M
Takeoff time: 20:02
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alexander Carruthers RCAF J/16064 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Edgar Louis Eaglen RAF 629071 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Eric Parker RAFVR 655812 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Percy Pugh Oakes RAFVR 1201575 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Basil Carnell RAFVR 798585 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Brian Roland Jennings RAFVR 1215579 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant A J Tyrell RAF 1208901 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.214squadron.org.uk/Crews_and_losses_Stirling_m.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Mar-2018 08:08 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-Mar-2018 08:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:13 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Mar-2024 07:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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