ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 210722
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| Date: | Thursday 13 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:28 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK705 |
| MSN: | HA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 40 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Robert Denzel of the 12./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+HZ from Bergen airfield.
Takeoff time: 00:44
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/20162-BK7051943-05-13.html
218 Sqn war records from The National Archives UK
Personnel files from both RCAF crew members including official loss report
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=bk705&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1270634
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/1530718
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BK705
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 April 1942 | W7506 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Hüffelsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 4 June 1942 | W7474 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Het Kuitje, Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | BF572 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea 25 km W of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2018 19:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 09-Oct-2023 13:43 | tachel | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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