ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209275
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| Date: | Thursday 15 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:11 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF331 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sept-Saulx (behind the station), 19 km southeast of Reims, Grand Est -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Reinhard Kollak of the 7./NJG 4, flying Bf 110 F-4 3C+LR from Juvincourt airfield.
Target: Stuttgart
Call Sign: BU-H
Takeoff time: 21:26
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Leslie Powell RAFVR 144037 (NCO:657337 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 May, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Thomas Shepherd RAF 573650 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Edward Henry Scott RAFVR 127266 (NCO:1320445 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 September, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Robert Ernest Dutton RAFVR 1338700 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harold Charles Dent RAFVR 1384029 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John William Williams RAFVR 1094029 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Harold Ingram RCAF R/119142 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=2
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2018 17:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Oct-2018 06:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:14 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2024 07:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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