ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209259
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:21 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK709 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Biblis near Worms, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Karl Floitgraf of the 11./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: MG-P
Takeoff time: 21:18
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Matthew Mank RCAF J/16626 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Archibald Walker RAFVR 1112914 [Killed]
Observer : Warrant Officer Class II Henry Ellwood Budd RCAF R/85483 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II Jean Robert Roy RCAF R/56194 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Harold Donald Oke RCAF R/66305 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Richard Fox RAFVR 1230170 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Patrick Wadding RAFVR 1393810 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/27663-BK7091943-04-15.html
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=7
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 11:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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