ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51709
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:50 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF392 |
| MSN: | MG-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 80 km W of Katwijk aan Zee, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington |
Takeoff at 23:28 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Stab IV./NJG 5 (detached to 1./NJG 1), flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Crew:
Pilot S/L. J.R. Savage 402882 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 187
Co-Pilot W/O F.J. Haines 149607 RAF Runnymede Memorial 131
Flight engineer F/Sgt. G.H. Cox 569405 RAF Runnymede Memorial 135
Navigator F/Sgt. S.J. Barnes 656215 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 9 Washed up pole 37 near Egmond aan Zee at 12th Jul 43
Bomb aimer Sgt. S.A. Errington 1507631 RAF Runnymede Memorial 148
Wo ag Sgt. A.A. Caley 1377873 RAF Runnymede Memorial 144
Air gunner Sgt. N.R. Morrison R/14004 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 185
Air gunner Sgt. D.R. Spanton 1323191 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2573&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 December 1942 | W7632 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Jussecourt-Minecourt, Marne département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 12:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 04:07 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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