ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51708
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 04:14 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH902 |
| MSN: | AA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Wissekerke, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Takeoff at 23:23 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Coned by searchlight(s) of the 9./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 810 (o) and hit by heavy Flak of the 7./schwere Flak-Abteilung 202.
Crew:
Pilot P/O. N.B. Bluck 40364 RNzAF Vlissingen F 12 Washed up Vrouwenpolder 2nd Jul 43
Flight engineer Sgt. J.W. Gillard 938834 RAF Bergen op Zoom 4 C 7 Washed up near Nieuw Haamstede 11th Jul 43
Navigator F/Sgt. J.B. Cooksey 416460 RNzAF Bergen op Zoom 14 C 1 Recovered from the Oosterschelde
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. G.W. Strong 413905 RNzAF Vlissingen F 13 Washed up near Wissenkerke 3rd Jul 43
Wo ag Sgt. M. Kendlan 1072258 RAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 7 AA 6 Washed up near Wassenaar 13th Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. D. Armitage 1434609 RAF Vlissingen F 14 Washed up near Kortgene 3rd Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. L.R. Cant 1397680 RAF Vlissingen F 7 Recovered from sea near Camperland 26th Jun 43
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=Eh902&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 13:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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