ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52149
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF457 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nijlandsrijt, E of Buren, Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Joachim Jabs of the 11./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Target: Wilhelmshaven
Call Sign: LS-B
Takeoff time: 17:55
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer David Joseph Hopson RAFVR 117427 (NCO:1334170 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 09 June, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Clifford William James RAF 645849 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Edward Lloyd George Ratcliffe RAFVR 118621 (NCO:657065 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 June, 1942) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Flying Officer Lawrence Bartlett Carson RCAF J/8442 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Frank Fowler RAFVR 1377062 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred James Ellis RAFVR 1527934 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald George Weaver RAFVR 931679 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flying Officer John Williams RAFVR R/115798 (NCO:1312718 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 February, 1942) [Killed]
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2064&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Feb-2018 13:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 29-Aug-2018 09:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Feb-2024 07:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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