ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51837
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| Date: | Wednesday 26 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:33 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH876 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea 70 km west of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Crashed off the island of Texel, Holland. Only 1 body washed ashore, that of F/O C F O'Connell who was buried in the Den Burg (Texel) Cemetery. Aircraft was raiding Düsseldorf that night.
Call Sign: WP-J
Takeoff time: 23:50
Crew:
Pilot P/O. G.W. Young DFC J/16906 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 179
Co-Pilot W/O M.G.K. East R/118286 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 180
Flight engineer Sgt. W.H. Bryant 1294010 RAF Runnymede Memorial 144
Navigator F/Sgt. C.L. Saundercock 404949 RNzAF Runnymede Memorial 199
Bomb aimer F/Sgt. J.L. Poulter 1534581 RAF Runnymede Memorial 138
Wo ag Sgt. R. Wadsworth 1376718 RAF Runnymede Memorial 168
Air gunner F/O. C.F. O'Connell 126607 RAF Den Burg K 4 76 Washed up near pole 26 Texel 16 Aug 43
Air gunner W/O E.S. Pollon R/124287 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 180
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2381&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Circumstantial Report ref. 90S/66/27/P.1. on the loss of this aircraft, from C.O. 90 Squadron to Air Ministry
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jul-2016 05:22 | GARY S | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-May-2018 19:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 20:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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