ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 212109
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK646 |
| MSN: | AA-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Villechien, Moulins, Ille-et-Vilaine, Bretagne -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Hit by Flak and finished off by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Walter Fenske of the 11./NJG 5. The Stirling was on a Gardening (mine-laying) operation to the French Atlantic coast.
Takeoff time: 22:53
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Lloyd Edwards RAFVR 130636 [Killed] (NCO:998294 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 March, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant J G Sansoucy RCAF 66953 [Evaded]
Navigator : Sergeant Eric Gaul Dunnett RNZAF NZ/42380 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant R G Kirby RAF 134555 [Evaded]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Basil William Rawlinson RNZAF NZ/415558 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Elfed Foulkes Jones RAF 1498348 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Maxwell RAF 1698372 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK646
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jun-2018 19:11 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2023 06:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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