ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52322
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 02:39 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK799 |
| MSN: | OJ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer, Makkumerwaard off Makkum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ernst-Georg Drünkler of the 2./NJG 5 (detached to 12./NJG 1), flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Bergen or Leeuwarden airfield.
Takeoff time: 23:51
Crew:
Pilot P/O. J. Lowrie 148179 RAF Makkum M 40-41
Flight engineer Sgt. J. Atkinson 1017417 RAF Makkum M 40-41
Navigator F/O. D.H. Lyne 125540 RAF Makkum M 40-41
Bomb aimer Sgt. A. Coull 1559064 RAF Makkum M 40-41
Wo ag Sgt. D.C.H. Fudge 1312340 RAF Makkum M 40-41
Air gunner Sgt. E.G. Hird 1319154 RAF Makkum M 38
Air gunner Sgt. E.C. Waite 1279016 RAF Makkum M 39
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2514&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | N3752 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | ”Risegård” farm at Rise, Rødekro, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1942 | R9330 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lakenheath |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | EE880 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 5 | Haldertstraat, Houwaart, Tielt-Winge, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 6 September 1943 | BK711 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg. |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 21-Jun-2018 17:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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