ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 51987
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| Date: | Saturday 1 May 1943 |
| Time: | 02:52 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9263 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Akkerwoude, 2.5 km SW of Dokkum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Heinz Grimm of the Stab IV./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield. The Stirling was on a bombing mission to Bocholt, Germany. They are buried at Akkerwoude cemetery in Friesland, the Netherlands.
Call Sign: MG-D
Takeoff time: 00:40
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ernest Claude Hallding RCAF J/17288 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick Albert Painter RAF 572271 [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Geoffrey Wragge RAFVR 139947 (NCO:656635 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 March, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Norman Arthur Peachey RAFVR 122120 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Louis Nutik RCAF R/94118 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Edward Emms RAFVR 1576201 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Harold Sobel RCAF R/133756 [Killed]
All lie at the Dantumadeel (Damwoude) Protestant Churchyard, Netherlands (GPS 53.275899 / 5.990674)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2230&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/search-family-man-killed-wwii-1433587
https://www.ancestry.com/boards/localities.northam.canada.quebec.montreal.general/5163/mb.ashx
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Sep-2009 10:00 | Anon. | Updated |
| 09-Apr-2018 11:06 | gerard57 | Updated [Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2018 12:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Apr-2018 12:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 14:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Jun-2022 22:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 30-Apr-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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