ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51664
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:14 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK703 |
| MSN: | OJ-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Netersel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Claimed shot down by Lt. Günther Franz of the 5./NJG 1 and by Oblt. Otto-Karl Klemenz of the 3./NJG 1. The victory was credited by Luftwaffe authorities to Leutnant Franz, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:39
The crew of 7 perished in the crash:
Pilot F/O W.R. Booker
Sgt. D.W.B. Channing
Sgt A.D. Hall
F/S C.V. Howden
Sgt. K. Broadhurst
Sgt. R. Franklin
Sgt. C.D. Herbert
They are buried at Eindhoven cemetery.
R.I.P.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=BK703&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://www.bhic.nl/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-1940-1945-58
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Nov-2014 15:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Nov-2014 14:31 | Unitex | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 15-Nov-2018 18:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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