ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209262
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:43 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK769 |
| MSN: | MG-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lembach, Großbottwar, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Peters of the Stab III./NJG 101, flying a Bf 110 from Echterdingen airfield.
Claim location: near Großbottwar, 12 km northwest of Backnang, Baden-Württemberg; with claim time 00:43.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: MG-G
Takeoff time: 21:17
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Raymond William McCarthy RAF 40239 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Gordon Wade RAF 568514 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Alfred Louis Foster RCAF J/17453 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Ralph Vincent Jennings RAFVR 1337496 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Lloyd Wallace Bartman RCAF R/92543 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Francis James Harris RAFVR 1377951 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick James Britton RAFVR 1336022 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.156squadron.com/display_newpff_roll.asp?ID=7
http://aircrewremembered.com/mccarthy-raymond.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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| 28 April 1942 | N3727 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off the island of Rømø |  |
mis |
| 29 July 1942 | W7533 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Kleinhorsten, Friedeburg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | W7616 | 7 Sqn RAF | 5 | Berzée, Walcourt, Namur |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 12:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2020 20:26 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
| 17-May-2021 10:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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