ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209267
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:48 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF462 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Soudé-Notre-Dame-ou-le-Petit (municipality Soudé), Grand Est -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Otto Materne of the 4./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Saint-Dizier airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: WP-P
Takeoff time: 21:48
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ross John Beldin RAF 139276 (NCO:1330048 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 March, 1943) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Harry Noar RAFVR 977618 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Robert John Palmer RAFVR 1230761 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Edwin Arthur Shaw RAFVR 1232268 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Richard Barnett Blake RCAF R/9529 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Francis Gould RAFVR 1384731 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Samuel Hammond RAFVR 1031693 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://aircrewremembered.com/beldin-rj.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 14:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Apr-2018 15:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Apr-2018 15:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Oct-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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