ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213598
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| Date: | Sunday 25 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE902 |
| MSN: | BU-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barchel, Oerel, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Alfred Heldt of the 7./NJG 3 (based at Kastrup airfield, Denmark), flying a Bf 110 G-4.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Richard Watt Belshaw DFM RAFVR 147743 [Killed] (NCO:1322902 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 August, 1943)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Walter Leonard Clements RAF 1320835 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leslie Thomas Sowerby RAF 637314 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Leslie Francis Morris RNZAF NZ/414887 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant George Gosling RNZAF NZ/415245 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Edward James Crowe RAFVR 1206970 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Leash Gibb RAFVR 1559476 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Barnes RAFVR 1266491 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE902
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | N3751 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Stradishall |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Jul-2018 21:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 10:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2023 12:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator, Operator]] |
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