ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51665
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:47 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF483 |
| MSN: | OJ-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 25 km west of Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Hopf of the II./NJG 5 (detached to 2./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Köln, Germany
Takeoff time: 23:45
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. R.K. Scott 1439048 RAF Runnymede Memorial 164
Flight engineer Sgt. R.J. Cockshott 1163110 RAF Runnymede Memorial 145
Navigator F/Sgt. A.B. Parton 416150 RNzAF Runnymede Memorial 199
Bomb aimer F/O. R.J. Peattie 421940 RNzAF Runnymede Memorial 198
Wireless op F/Sgt. T.T.R. Tomoana 41515 RNzAF Runnymede Memorial 199
Air gunner Sgt. J. Douglas 1076330 RAF Runnymede Memorial 147
Air gunner Sgt. R.A. Cooper 1699772 RAF Runnymede Memorial 146
At 17, Sgt Cooper was amongst the youngest airmen to lose his life on Bomber Command operations during WW2 and must have concealed his true age on joining the RAF.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2628&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 June 1942 | N6084 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Gelsenkirchen-Hassel, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 8 December 1942 | R9253 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 8 | near Warnemünde, Rostock, Mecklenburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Nov-2018 18:20 | Anon. | Updated [Registration] |
| 15-Nov-2018 20:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2018 17:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 28-Jun-2022 07:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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