ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52151
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| Date: | Friday 19 February 1943 |
| Time: | 21:18 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF378 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee near Wierum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
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-T
Takeoff time: 17:53
Crew:-
Pilot F/O. B.V. Crawford 414256 RNzAF Nes Ameland D 13 15 Washed up near pole 26 on 3 Mar 43
Flight engineer Sgt. W.H. Macklin 959456 RAF Runnymede Memorial 158
Navigator F/O. C.R. Long J/19416 RCAF Wierum 2 6
Bomb aimer F/O. P.T. Howson 125164 RAF Runnymede Memorial 125 (NCO:1338568 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 October, 1942)
Wo ag Sgt. K.S. Keeble 1114757 RAF Nes 33A 2 Was found on the mudflats 17 Jan 44
Air gunner Sgt. C.J.J. Wellesley 405370 RAAF Runnymede Memorial 194
Air gunner Sgt. A.H. Borrett 406769 RAAF Schiermonnikoog 98
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2063&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
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 19:06 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 29-Aug-2018 10:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 20:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 22-Jun-2022 15:43 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Feb-2024 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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