ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51861
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| Date: | Monday 24 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:14 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK783 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bradaal Beesd SSW of Culemborg, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinz Strüning of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: AA-Q
Takeoff time: 23:15
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. S.M. Tietjens 415640 RNzAF Beesd 1-2
Flight engineer Sgt. S.J. Wayman 1391814 RAF Beesd 1-2
Navigator Sgt. G.W. Turnbull 421342 RNzAF Beesd 1-2
Bomb aimer Sgt. F.J.L. Joblin 417063 RNzAF Beesd 1-2
Wo ag Sgt. R. Bell 1077692 RAF Beesd 1-2
Air gunner Sgt. D.G.A. Storey 1809725 RAF Beesd 1-2
Air gunner Sgt. L.R. Vale 1235008 RAF Survived POW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2362&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-May-2018 17:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 10:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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