ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52008
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| Date: | Tuesday 27 April 1943 |
| Time: | 02:08 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK657 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ruwiel polder, Portengen, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinz Vinke of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen airfield.
Target: Duisburg
Call Sign: LS-C
Takeoff time: 00:46
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer R Watson RAFVR [PoW, repatriated]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant William Arthur Spencer RAF 913540 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant William Albert Dyson RAF 1387489 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Harry John Phillips RAF 967400 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant C M M Mora RNZAF 404652 [Evaded]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Charles Whittaker RAFVR 1315940 [Fatal Injury]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Kendell Leeroy Bearnes RCAF R/83259 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 September, 1940) [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2211&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Apr-2018 17:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Apr-2018 17:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 12-Jan-2019 10:10 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 26-Apr-2024 07:12 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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