ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51949
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 00:18 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF343 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km SE of Hommerts, near Heeg, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Helmut Lent of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+AF from Leeuwarden airfield. Also claimed by Flak of the 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Vlieland-West (at 00:16). Both claims confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: OJ-B
Takeoff time: 22:15
Crew:
Pilot F/O. W.E. Davey 120435 RAF IJpecolsga E 12
Flight engineer Sgt. C.W.E. Leach 345474 RAF IJpecolsga E 18
Navigator F/Sgt. R.F. Whitaker 1384532 RAF IJpecolsga E 15
Bomb aimer F/O. T.C. Timney 125606 RAF IJpecolsga E 13
Wireless op Sgt. D.R. Higgs 1291126 RAF IJpecolsga E 17
Wo ag Sgt. J.J. O'Neill 1033308 RAF IJpecolsga E 14
Air gunner F/Sgt. E.H. Finch 406674 RAAF IJpecolsga E 16
Air gunner Sgt. G.J.C. Hall 1396863 RAF IJpecolsga E 19
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2270&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-May-2018 09:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:17 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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