ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52183
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 February 1943 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF415 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Blokland, Montfoort, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Johannes Vogel of the 1./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
The Stirling crew is buried at Montfoort, Utrecht.
On June 29, 2022, a monument was unveiled in the municipality of Montfoort in the presence of relatives.
Target: Hamburg
Call Sign: WP-S
Takeoff time: 18:22
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer George Douglas Macdougall RCAF J/16619 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Gerald Stephens RAFVR 138689 (NCO:1335214 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 February, 1943) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Leslie Howard Jenkins RAF 577165 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Claud Gordon Humphrey Mactavish RAFVR 1552454 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Richard Thompson Williams RAFVR 1149195 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant George Chirrey Adam RAFVR 1365001 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Patrick Joseph Egan RAFVR 1338021 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Frederick Arthur Parton RAFVR 102536 (NCO:751974 : Commission Gazetted Friday 29 August, 1941) [Killed]
Sources:
SGLO database - https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/ahome/lossregister/results?sglo=T2030
http://www.ww2.dk/oob/bestand/njagd/binjg1.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jan-2010 21:01 | w.bleumink | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 02-Feb-2018 12:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 19:19 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 28-Aug-2018 15:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 19:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-Jun-2022 09:14 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 03-Feb-2024 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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