ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228374
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| Date: | Sunday 3 October 1943 |
| Time: | 21:49 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF470 |
| MSN: | LS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Haste, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 18:57 hrs local time for an operation against Kassel in Hessen.
Outward-bound, shot down by Oberleutnant Fritz Lau of the 9./NJG 1 based at Fliegerhorst Twente (the Netherlands), who was flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AT.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alexander Vivian Wood RAF 157311 [PoW] (NCO:1320482 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 26 October, 1943)
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leslie Thompson Graham RAFVR 1603188 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Jack Stanley Curtis RNZAF NZ/417272 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Gordon Grange Wright RCAF R/133887 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Ronald Arrowsmith RAF 1128426 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Rex Blanchard RAFVR 1339896 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant William Thomas Emmerick Highland RAAF Aus/32782 [Killed]
Sources:
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-54313.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF470&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
GQM (#11-22); NVM (NJG1_III_041, NJG1_III_042)
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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| 30 June 1941 | N6016 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Tangstedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
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| 29 January 1942 | N6098 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lossiemouth |  |
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| 11 April 1942 | N3703 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | Rectory Farm Cow Land Godmanchester | |
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| 9 May 1942 | W7528 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brodersby, Schleswig-Holstein | |
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| 30 June 1942 | N3757 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hartward, Neuharlingersiel, Niedersachsen | |
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| 26 July 1942 | W7576 | 15 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tienrayseweg road, Horst, Limburg |  |
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| 1 October 1942 | W7634 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Sylt island (near List), Schleswig-Holstein | |
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| 18 November 1943 | BK707 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus, Marne, Grand Est |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Aug-2019 14:33 | gerard57 | Added |
| 17-May-2021 14:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2023 12:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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