ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52134
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 00:58 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF347 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mantgum-Schillaard, 12 km S of Leeuwarden, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Lt Wolfgang Kuthe of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Berlin
Call Sign: LS-T
Takeoff time: 18:11
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Harold Stanley Howland RAFVR 659180 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Albert Leslie Hyrons RAFVR 1187888 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant George William Armer RAFVR 1220830 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant James Gordon Lamb RAF 655956 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Henry (Harry) Pritchard RAFVR 1259008 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant William Alfred Martin RAFVR 956091 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant George Arthur Moss RAFVR 1384606 [Killed]
All lie in the Baarderadeel (Schillaard) General Cemetery, Netherlands
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2082&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 |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jun-2022 09:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Mar-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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