ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236631
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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | 01:08 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9350 |
| MSN: | BU-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bomal, Durbuy, Luxembourg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 20:58 hrs local time for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Stephen Austin Levenson RAFVR 745292 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant George Bullimore Melton RAFVR 1014741 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Stuart Spencer Newcomb RAFVR 999799 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William James Davies RAFVR 1266757 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Laurence Charles Tillin RAFVR 1186959 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Archibald Barrow RAF 1383405 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Richard John Cox RAF 1277550 [PoW]
Six crew members found a last resting place at the Heverlee war cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9350
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-bij-bomal
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1942 | BF313 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 8 | mud flats N of Westernieland, Groningen prv |  |
w/o |
| 25 June 1943 | EE883 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km west of Katwijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jun-2020 07:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Mar-2021 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Jun-2022 01:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 05-Apr-2024 18:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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