ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52150
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:44 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF411 |
| MSN: | LS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km N of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Shot down by Oblt Hans Joachim Jabs 11./NJG1 - Sea 25km North of Terschelling (Schiel): 2,500m at 21:44 - flying a Bf 110 or Do 215 B-5 from Leeuwarden air. This would be his second of three kills on this night. All 15 Squadron.
Crew:
Pilot:J/16396 Plt Off John Charles Monteith RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 176
Co-Pilot:1334159 Sgt Edward William Oxenbridge - Runnymede Memorial Panel 160
Flight Engineer:1262570 Sgt Bertram Wallace Willbourn - Runnymede Memorial Panel 169
Navigator:1236214 Sgt Cyril Noel Goodchild - Runnymede Memorial Panel 150
Bomb Aimer:142009 Sgt John George Ethelston - Runnymede Memorial Panel 131 (NCO:656185 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 20 April, 1943)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:932166 Sgt Jack Lewis Richardson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 163
Air Gunner:R/82362 Flt Sgt Duncan Elwin Seeley RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 180
Air Gunner:118387 Fg Off Patrick Brennan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 119 (NCO:1355800 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 April, 1942)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2064A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1941 | N6015 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Wattenmeer 3 km west of Pellworm island, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1942 | BF329 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bois de Roly, SE of Romedenne, Philippeville, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | BK656 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | near the De Wetweg, Otterlo, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 31 July 1943 | EF427 | 15 Sqn RAF | 4 | 4 km north of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Feb-2018 07:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 13:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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