ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51741
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| Date: | Wednesday 23 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:09 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF572 |
| MSN: | HA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 25 km W of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
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 Bf 110 G-4 or Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Takeoff time: 00:09
Crew:
Pilot F/Sgt. J.B.H. Smith 416630 RAAF Castricum J 5
Flight engineer Sgt. G.E. Rose 1318644 RAF Runnymede Memorial 163
Navigator Sgt. R.H. Cramm 798741 RAF Runnymede Memorial 146 from New Zealand
Bomb aimer Sgt. W.H. Davies 1425083 RAF Bergen op zoom RCAF 1 H 5 Initially buried Zandvoort
Wo ag Sgt. C.R. Minns 1270648 RAF Runnymede Memorial 159
Air gunner Sgt. G. Labiuk R/182511 RCAF Amsterdam 69 B 11
Air gunner F/Sgt. P.W. Farr 518394 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2559&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 April 1942 | W7506 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Hüffelsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 4 June 1942 | W7474 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Het Kuitje, Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 13 May 1943 | BK705 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 40 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2018 09:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Jun-2022 01:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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