ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 213848
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Date: | Saturday 31 July 1943 |
Time: | 01:40 |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 620 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EH896 |
MSN: | QS-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Forsten, Remscheid, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Hit by heavy Flak.
Takeoff time: 22:36
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Phillip O'Connell RAF 656905 [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick Kenneth Garbutt RAF 524423 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Percy William Taylor RAF 130262 [PoW] (NCO:1051988 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 November, 1942)
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Richard Simms RAF 1316117 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Joseph Shaw RAF 1213147 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Sidney John Penrose Lugg RAF 1354463 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Charles Sharp Doig RAF 967151 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH896 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Jul-2018 21:15 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
09-Oct-2018 18:24 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
30-Jul-2023 06:57 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [[Operator, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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