ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 232970
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| Date: | Tuesday 30 March 1943 |
| Time: | 04:49 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK716 |
| MSN: | HA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer near Marken, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
| Berlin |
Takeoff at 21:30 hrs for a bombing operation against Berlin in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7./NJG 1, who had taken off from Deelen airfield at 03:30 hrs for a patrol in 'Raum Hase', in Bf 110 G-4 G9+CR.
All seven crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Bell, Charles Armstrong, Sergeant, 1027864, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner, RAF
Campbell, John MIchael, Flying Officer, 122910, Air Bomber, RAF
Farrington, Harry Gregory, Flying Officer, J/11241, Navigator, RCAF
Harris, John Frederick, Flying Officer, 118128, Pilot, RAF
Kennedy, Ronald, Sergeant, 1487492, Flight Engineer, RAF
McCaw, John Francis James, Flight Sergeant, R/105188, Air Gunner, RCAF
Shrubsall, Leonard Richard James, Sergeant, 1251519, Air Gunner, RAF
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/harris-john.html
https://218squadron.wordpress.com/short-stirling-mk-i-mk-iii/
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK716
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=BK716&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/showthread.php?t=58228
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 December 1942 | W7614 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 3 | west of Kaltenweide, Langenhagen, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 21 February 1944 | EJ125 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Feb-2020 16:21 | tachel | Added |
| 15-Feb-2020 16:24 | tachel | Updated [Date] |
| 12-Sep-2020 17:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2020 17:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 17-May-2021 10:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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