ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211641
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| Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:07 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF349 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | municipality of Proville, Nord, Hauts-de-France -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Meister of the Stab I./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 from Florennes airfield, Belgium.
Target: Barmen-Wuppertal
Call Sign: WP-Y
Takeoff time: 23:09
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Robert William John Letters RAFVR 128953 [Killed] (NCO:1336445 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 24 November, 1942)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Cecil William Hughes RAFVR 1221156 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Leslie Leighton King RNZAF NZ/421328 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Kenneth Trevor Estcourt RNZAF NZ/417042 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frank Alan Wells RAFVR 1332103 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Raven RAFVR 701032 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Henry Maskell RAF 1324260 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EF349
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2018 08:17 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 20:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:56 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 21-Jun-2023 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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