ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52178
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 20:58 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9274 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NW of Nijmegen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Dormann of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield.
Target: Hamburg
Call Sign: LS-B
Takeoff time: 18:15
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Aynsley Stuart Forbes RNZAF NZ/41135 [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant William Robert Lincoln Torrance RCAF R/107340 (Officer:J/16612) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Frederick Thomas Lax RAF 573105 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant George Arthur Howard RNZAF NZ/41905 [PoW]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Peter Herbert Ward RAF 1380863 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Edwin Burton Mossman RNZAF NZ/412349 [PoW]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Richardson Knox Hempseed RCAF R/60214 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Noel Stuart Craddock RNZAF NZ/403819 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2034&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg1.htm
nachtjagd combat archive 1943 part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Feb-2018 22:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 28-Aug-2018 14:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 07:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Feb-2024 07:57 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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