ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239749
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:25 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE893 |
| MSN: | JN-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schwanheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:59 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim & Ludwigshafen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was claimed shot down by Ofw. Richard Launer of the 1./NJG 6 (flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Mainz-Finthen airfield) and by Major Kurt Kettner of the Stab II./JG 300 (based at Rheine airfield (Nordrhein-Westfalen), flying an Fw 190A).
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ernest Stanley Wilkinson RNZAF NZ/417138 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Timothy Whatley RAFVR 1314153 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Gordon Noel Simes RNZAF NZ/415376 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Flight Sergeant Neil Gordon Roy Treacher RNZAF NZ/416184 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Jeffery James Waterman RAFVR 1312274 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Edward Stephen Robson RAF 1810690 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Stanley Wilkinson RAF 642538 [Killed]
Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE893
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 07:36 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Jan-2021 11:01 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 31-Mar-2024 14:31 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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