ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210183
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| Date: | Thursday 29 April 1943 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9290 |
| MSN: | AA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 40 km SW of Esbjerg or 80 km SW of Ringkøbing -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Probably shot down by a night fighter. Two different claims apply on this aircraft:
- shot down at 01:17 by Hauptmann Hans Baer of the 4./NJG 3, flying Do 217 N-1 D5+FM from Westerland airfield, Germany. Location: North Sea 40 km SW of Esbjerg
or
- shot down at 01:45 by Feldwebel Rudolf Mangelsdorf of the 12./NJG 3, flying a Ju 88 from Grove airfield. Location: North Sea 80 km SW of Ringkøbing
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Target area: Radish (Fehmarn Belt)
Call Sign: AA-X
Takeoff time: 20:41
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Alfred Edward Lewis RAAF Aus/412458 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Andrew Graham RAFVR 1369996 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Henry George Corin RNZAF NZ/417269 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Charles John Bickham RAF 49977 (NCO:544415 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 08 December, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Frederick Arthur Moulton RAFVR 1292879 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant John Herbert Whitehart RAFVR 964185 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Victor Charles Howes RNZAF NZ/413418 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430123.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1942 | BF396 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea west of Camperduin - Petten, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EE915 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | Oosterschelde, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | EE938 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | Berlin-Mahlsdorf |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Apr-2018 08:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Apr-2018 09:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Oct-2022 07:31 | Antonio | Updated [Cn] |
| 02-Feb-2024 14:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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