ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211437
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 03:00 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK710 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea, 30 km NW of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Düsseldorf |
| RAF Lakenheath |
Shot down by a night fighter, possibly by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Georg Kraft of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Düsseldorf
Call Sign: OJ-A
Takeoff time: 23:44
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. J.H. Uden 1334077 RAF Runnymede Memorial 167
Flight engineer Sgt. L.G. Hadden 949263 RAF Runnymede Memorial 151
Navigator F/O. W.E.L. Morse 127978 RAF Runnymede Memorial 127
Bomb aimer F/O. H.S. Winchester 128514 RAF Runnymede Memorial 130
Wireless op Sgt. F.A. Williams 1295227 RAF Runnymede Memorial 170
Air gunner Sgt. C.J. Percival 1600739 RAF Germany 6A.E.7 Buried Ohlsdorf Cem Hamburg
Air gunner Sgt. H.S. Scott 901570 RAF Runnymede Memorial 164
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2374A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2018 14:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Oct-2021 17:05 | E.R. Prast | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Damage] |
| 15-Jun-2022 07:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 15-Jun-2022 07:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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