ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51954
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:00 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK658 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Midwolda, Groningen prv -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Karl-Georg Pfeiffer of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Dortmund
Call Sign: LS-K
Takeoff time: 22:43
Crew:
Pilot Sgt. W. McLeod 414655 RNzAF Survived
Flight engineer F/Sgt. E. Routh 576667 RAF Survived
Navigator W/O A.H. Law 1335153 RAF Survived
Bomb aimer Sgt. A. Eaton 1392698 RAF Survived
Wireless op Sgt. E. Willis 1189201 RAF Survived
Air gunner Sgt. P.M. McNulty 1452090 RAF Midwolda E 1
Air gunner Sgt. H.S. Flowerday 1269263 RAF Survived
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2268&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-May-2018 07:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-May-2018 07:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 09:52 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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