ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211406
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH887 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Düren, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond airfield, Belgium.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: HA-Z
Takeoff time: 00:16
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Norman Sidney Collins RAFVR 1316430 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Francis William Bennett RAF 155767 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Arthur William Fincham RAF 577642 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Cyril Francis Blanchard RNZAF NZ/416445 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William James Ledbury RAFVR 1478810 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Patrick Roughan RAFVR 1334592 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant James Crawford Lamond RCAF R/142748 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Derek Charles Maynard RAFVR 1383527 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH887
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-May-2018 19:02 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Dec-2023 15:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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