ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 208921
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| Date: | Thursday 8 April 1943 |
| Time: | 23:38 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF359 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Binsheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: LS-B
Takeoff time: 21:37
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Anthony John Gurr RAFVR 143231 (NCO:1331470 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Wilfred Spencer Bragg RAF 621785 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Percy Lutwyche RAFVR 1235760 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Frederick George Lambert RAFVR 1339473 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Evan Samuel Kimber RAFVR 1290705 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Hall RAFVR 1527292 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Ivor Wyn Williams RAFVR 1504193 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/26738-EF3591943-04-09.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Apr-2018 08:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 08-Apr-2024 06:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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