ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51692
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| Date: | Saturday 26 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:13 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK768 |
| MSN: | AA-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer W of Urk, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:35 hrs for an operation to Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Husemann of the Stab/NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+EA from Deelen airfield.
Crew:
Pilot F/O. W.R. Perrott 416155 RNzAF Amsterdam 69 B 15 Initially buried Urk
Flight engineer Sgt. W.W. Hilditch 611325 RAF Runnymede Memorial 153
Navigator F/Sgt. G.D. Thomson 42317 RNzAF Harderwijk 2 12 Recovered from Ijsselmeer 4th Jul 43
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. C.J. Whitelaw 416188 RNzAF Runnymede Memorial 199
Wireless op Sgt. C.C. Mould 1314162 RAF Runnymede Memorial 160
Air gunner Sgt. H. Squire 1302829 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 14 Initially buried Urk
Air gunner Sgt. G.W. Colyer 1809432 RAF Amsterdam 69 B 14 Initially buried Urk
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=BK768&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1943 | BF437 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 7 | Huttenheim, Philippsburg, Baden-Württemberg |  |
w/o |
| 25 July 1943 | EE890 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Krogaspe, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Dec-2018 19:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Dec-2018 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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