ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51955
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| Date: | Wednesday 5 May 1943 |
| Time: | 01:07 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF505 |
| MSN: | HA-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Murmerwoude, S of Dokkum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Taking off at 22:40 hrs from RAF Downham Market in Norfolk to attack Dortmund - 596 aircraft taking part in the largest non 1000 bomber raid of the war to date. BF505 was intercepted and shot down, by Lt. Robert Denzel of the 12./NJG1 at 01:07 hrs with the aircraft coming down in the region as shown. Denzel was flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. (Murmerwoude is now known as Damwoude).
Crew:-
Pilot: Fl/Lt. Wilbur Lewis Turner J/8378 RCAF Age 28. Killed
2nd Pilot: Sgt. Frank Norman Robinson 1094894 RAFVR Age 21. Killed
Fl/Eng: Sgt. William Norman Forth 1329885 RAF Age 32. Killed
Nav: Sgt. John L White 926552 RAF PoW No: 1165 Camp: Stalag Luft Heydekrug
Air/Bmr: P/O. Philip S Beck 116535 RAF PoW No: 1254 Camp: Stalag Luft Sagen and Belaria (NCO:1379725 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 October, 1942)
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. John Mitchell Jobling Smith 636817 RAF (Initially evaded) Pow No: 222555 Camp: Stalag Muhlberg (Elbe)
Air/Gnr: Fl/Sgt. George Allan Hinshelwood 550977 RAF Age 23. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Herbert Ward Sawkings 1322090 RAFVR Age 20. Killed
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2271&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/turner-wilbur-1.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1942 | W7464 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 20 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Oct-2015 07:37 | pietrzak | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 05-May-2018 07:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 22:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-May-2024 07:51 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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