ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209250
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:02 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK759 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oggersheim-Frankenthal, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: OJ-X
Takeoff time: 21:36
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Terik Godfrey Ogle RAFVR 139614 (NCO:1135633 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 March, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Victor James Upson RAFVR 1258142 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Dennis Lenahan RAFVR 1312026 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Edward Miles Merritt RCAF J/16457 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Lawrence Jones RAFVR 1113094 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Stephen RAFVR 1059267 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Harold Walters RAFVR 1313880 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/21540-BK7591943-04-15.html
https://www.plane-crashes-heidelberg.de/de_DE/2015/04/16/nr-04-stirling-pilot-t-g-ogle-absturz-14-15-april-1943-bei-studenheim-ludwigshafen/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 09:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2022 11:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2024 07:03 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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