ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209666
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| Date: | Wednesday 21 April 1943 |
| Time: | 03:25 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK596 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Stralsund, Pommern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Viktor Sorko of the 4./NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 from Parchim airfield.
Target: Rostock
Call Sign: HA-K
Takeoff time: 22:17
On the evening of 17 December, the aircraft was substantially damaged in a night fighter attack by Oberleutnant Jabs of the 11./NJG 1.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Thomas Jopling RAF 657303 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant L H Shackleton RAF 1064857 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Norman Louis Fairhurst RAFVR 1498587 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Kenneth Richard Faulconbridge RAFVR 1391293 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Jack Warnes RAFVR 1288529 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Dennis William Lewin RAF 1324887 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Francis Charles Robinson RAF 935457 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One & The Early Years Part Three
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/20242-BK5961943-04-21.html
https://218squadron.wordpress.com/sergeant-norman-louis-fairhurst-1498587-rafvr/
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-Apr-2018 09:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2020 19:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Jul-2022 05:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 20-Apr-2024 11:11 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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