ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236093
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| Date: | Friday 14 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:44 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7579 |
| MSN: | MG-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Nymindegab, Nørre Nebel, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 21:28 hrs local time for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation to 'Daffodils' (southern entrance to The Sound).
The aircraft was attacked by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Fritz Hobusch of the 7./NJG 2 based at Grove airfield; crashed at 02:44 hours into the sea 300 meters off Nymindegab.
Pilot F/S Hugh M. Clark, Second Pilot Sgt. Gerard Carroll, Flight Engineer Sgt. William G. Foale and Air Gunner Sgt. James A. Adamson have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial while Navigator P/O Henry Astell-Burt, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. John W. Street and Air Gunner Sgt. Frank A. Hayes were laid to rest in Fovrfelt cemetery in Esbjerg on 18 August.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194245.shtml
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | N6046 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Polsum, Marl, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 29 September 1941 | W7441 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | Lillebælt strait south of the island of Brandsø (Assens, Syddanmark) | |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | N6073 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | R9331 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Flint House Cambridgeshire |  |
sub |
| 9 November 1942 | R9169 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 11 April 1943 | R9275 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Koerich, Capellen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-May-2020 17:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 16-May-2020 17:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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