ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210014
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:07 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF346 |
| MSN: | WP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langelandsbælt near Korsør, Sjælland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Hit by light Flak of the 1./leichte Flak-Abteilung 985.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Call Sign: WP-G
Takeoff time: 20:19
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Robert Seayears May RAF 40409 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Norman Marshall RAF 817293 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer William Greenhalgh Monk RCAF J/17258 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Kenneth George Horne RAFVR 1320949 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Leslie Hainin RAFVR 1267828 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Pilot Officer Gerald Frederick Heathcote-Peirson RAFVR 134917 [Killed] (NCO:1336311 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 May, 1943)
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Basil Horace Reeve RAFVR 1388458 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/23743-BF3461943-04-29.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 February 1943 | R9276 | 90 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 40 km N of N end Texel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | BK628 | 90 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 25 km west of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 22 September 1943 | BF566 | 90 Sqn RAF | 7 | Gestorf, Springe, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 10:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Apr-2018 10:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 13:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source] |
| 04-Jan-2024 15:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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