ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209392
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| Date: | Saturday 17 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:20 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK691 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hetzerath, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 12./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: LS-F
Takeoff time: 21:48
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Dennis Henry Haycock DFC RAFVR 117422 (NCO:1219523 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 16 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Norman Addington Hobden RAF 921481 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant John Sydney Blackburn RAFVR 1387462 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Henry Crelling Fiddes RAFVR 143396 (NCO:1476468 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 18 May, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Herbert Fortune RAFVR 1179661 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Leslie Bromley RAF 625668 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John William Greenwood RAFVR 1360248 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/26804-BK6911943-04-17.html
https://chippenham1939-1945.weebly.com/sgt-h-fortune.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Apr-2018 14:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2024 07:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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