ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210059
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | 00:17 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF447 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | by Kjærgaard in Vrønding, west of Horsens, Midtjylland -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Günter Holtfreter of the 11./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 from Grove airfield.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target area: Sweet Pea (Fehmern belt)
Call Sign: HA-F
Takeoff time: 21:04
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Denis James Brown RAF 51130 (NCO:619609 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 March, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Walter Lowery RAF 541024 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant William Trevor Jones RAFVR 1316509 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Thomas Rich RAF 658035 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer John Wardle Scott RAFVR 118600 (NCO:1265728 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 May, 1942) [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Leslie Turner RAF 1016960 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Sutton RAFVR 1209339 [Killed]
The 5 crew who died are burried at Esbjerg, Denmark.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430046.shtml
Faldne allierde flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Apr-2018 19:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Apr-2018 19:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2024 16:36 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2024 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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