ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 214771
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:05 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF408 |
| MSN: | HA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea off Zoutelande, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Horst Pause of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 18:47
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Stanley Leonard Treves RAF 44674 (NCO:563591 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 October, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Peter Clyde Astrosky RAFVR 118570 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Ronald Hargreaves RAFVR 1210201 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer George Charles Bellman RAFVR 125665 (NCO:1383522 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 August, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant John Gallagher RAFVR 1135122 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Charles Henry Yoxall RAFVR 1191524 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant James Trueman Bostock RAFVR 1579672 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Thomas Kennington RAFVR 1158838 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF408
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | DJ974 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | flats at Hohenstiefersiel, Wangerland; Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | BK650 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 4 | Budel, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Aug-2018 15:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 03-Feb-2024 08:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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