ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51710
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| Date: | Friday 25 June 1943 |
| Time: | 03:09 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE883 |
| MSN: | BU-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 20 km west of Katwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Takeoff at 23:30 for an operation to Wuppertal, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich 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 Sgt. C.K. Miller 1497411 RAF Runnymede Memorial 159
Flight engineer Sgt. J.A. Hitchins 1323326 RAF Runnymede Memorial 153
Navigator Sgt. P.D. Straton 1396511 RAF Runnymede Memorial 166
Bomb aimer Sgt. R.G. Akers 1536320 RAF Runnymede Memorial 140
Wo ag Sgt. R.A.H. Smith 1333413 RAF Runnymede Memorial 165
Air gunner Sgt. S. Seward 1356712 RAF Bergen NH 2 C 13 Washed up pole 36.5 Egmond aan Zee 14th Jul 43
Air gunner Sgt. T. Jones 1622196 RAF Noordwijk 6 2 Washed up Noordwijk 8th Aug 43
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=EE883&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1942 | BF313 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 8 | mud flats N of Westernieland, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1942 | R9350 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 5 | Bomal, Durbuy, Luxembourg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Dec-2018 12:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Dec-2018 21:02 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2019 10:46 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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