ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213592
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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:11 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF567 |
| MSN: | HA-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Einfeld, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, UK |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Hans Meissner of the 6./NJG 3, flying from Schleswig airfield.
Takeoff time: 22:21
Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Donald Teale Saville DSO DFC RAF 74738 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Hugh Walter Beavis RNZAF NZ/417003 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Thomas Darling Fairgrieve DFM RAF 51686 [Killed] (NCO:535129 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 25 May, 1943)
Navigator : Pilot Officer William Job Brighton RAFVR 147921 [Killed] (NCO:1390292 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 August, 1943)
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Harold Cedric Eyre RAF 117158 [PoW] (NCO:1071854 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 09 June, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Lieutenant Thomas Albert Stanley DFC RAFVR 113849 [Killed] (NCO:908728 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 13 January, 1942)
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Lieutenant John Lancelot Birbeck DFC RAFVR 116801 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Adam Black Seaton Howat RAFVR 979354 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF567
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 March 1942 | W7507 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Marham, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1942 | N6078 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Noord-Holland |  |
mis |
| 7 August 1942 | N6072 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Kessel-Eik, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1943 | EF448 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | Münstermaifeld, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2018 19:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Oct-2018 20:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2023 12:35 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Departure airport, Operator]] |
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