ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208404
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 03:42 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK702 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schorlingkamp, west of Syke, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Coned by searchlights and claimed shot down by heavy Flak units, but according to a German researcher, the Stirling was flying very low when the cockpit was hit by machine gun fire from a search light post, hitting the pilots.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: HA-O
Takeoff time: 21:43
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William George Hoar RCAF J/17189 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant James Edward Turnbull RAFVR 1017385 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Ronald Eric Jeffreys RAFVR 1383288 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ronald Albert Mears RAF 659110 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ernest Thomas Raymond Howard RAFVR 1167366 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Mitchell Robertson RAF 530734 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Hugh Murdock Fraser RCAF R/129563 [Killed]
Sources:
https://www.kreiszeitung.de/lokales/diepholz/diepholz-ort28581/short-stirling-bohrt-sich-glades-weide-8441743.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Mar-2018 09:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Mar-2018 09:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities] |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 10:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
| 29-Mar-2024 08:20 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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