ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51644
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| Date: | Sunday 4 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK718 |
| MSN: | WP-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Mehlem, Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF West Wickham |
Claimed shot down by a night fighter and by Flak.
The victory of the night fighter pilot was subsequently confirmed.
This pilot was Major Hajo Herrmann of the Nachtjagd Versuchs Kommando, flying from München-Gladbach airfield.
The aircraft crashed on the west bank of the Rhine river.
Takeoff time: 23:26
Crew:
Pilot F/Lt. R.C. Platt 139424 RAF Overloon War Cem 3 A 6
Flight engineer Sgt. H. Murray 632757 RAF Overloon War Cem 3 A 1
Navigator P/O. A.P. Gilmour 148843 RAF Overloon War Cem 3 A 5
Bomb aimer Sgt. R. Freeland 1553565 RAF Overloon War Cem 3 A 2
Wireless op Sgt. O. Beard 1379617 RAF Overloon War Cem 3 A 4
Air gunner P/O. G.C. Smith 155192 RAF Overloon War Cem 3 A 3
Air gunner Sgt. I.H. Norris 1315147 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://www.verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2640A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft BA100 - BZ999, published 2006
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 02:00 | Uli Elch | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2018 18:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 19:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jan-2019 09:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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