ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210017
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:23 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF467 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baltic Sea 300 metres from the coastline off Lolland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Coned by searchlights for 3 minutes, hit by heavy Flak of the MAA 508, crashed and exploded in the sea.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target area: Fehmarn Belt
Call Sign: AA-W
Takeoff time: 20:38
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Desmond Lewis Thompson RNZAF NZ/413152 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Clifford Abbott RAFVR 1098896 [Killed]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Class II James Alexander Ramsay RCAF R/93418 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant John Muir Williams RAAF Aus/401341 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Ernest Roy Jenkins RNZAF NZ/405780 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Thomas Glendinning RAFVR 1070166 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant George Phillips RAFVR 930235 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430047.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 10:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Apr-2024 06:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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