ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51740
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:07 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK656 |
| MSN: | LS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the De Wetweg, Otterlo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Dormann of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield. The Stirling crashed near the Christiaan de Wet monument in National Park De Hoge Veluwe.
Takeoff time: 23:30
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Vincent Hawkins RNZAF NZ/416111 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Francis Henry Williams RAFVR 952308 [Killed]
Navigator : Flight Sergeant Dalton Joseph Tickle RNZAF NZ/416183 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Lloyd John Gwynne RNZAF NZ/421149 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alexander Walter Crozier RNZAF NZ/415519 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant George Cairns Hutton RAFVR 1028048 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Morven Webster RAFVR 1699504 [Killed]
The casualties lie at the Ede General Cemetery, Netherlands (GPS 52.053803 / 5.670664)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2555&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
| 30 June 1941 | N6015 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wattenmeer 3 km west of Pellworm island, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1942 | BF329 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bois de Roly, SE of Romedenne, Philippeville, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 19 February 1943 | BF411 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 10 km N of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EF427 | 15 Sqn RAF | 4 | 4 km north of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2018 09:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2018 14:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Jun-2022 07:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Apr-2024 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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