ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52323
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| Date: | Tuesday 22 June 1943 |
| Time: | 01:50 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK722 |
| MSN: | HA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | along Chijnsgoed road, Sterksel, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6./NJG 1, flying Bf 110 G-4 G9+BP from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield, Belgium. Also claimed by Flak of the 3. & 4./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 591 (v). Victory Hptm. von Bonin later confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Takeoff time: 00:16
Crew:
Pilot P/O. D.R. Rich 414083 RAAF Eindhoven EE 73
Flight engineer F/Sgt. H. Hill 636587 RAF Survived POW
Navigator F/Sgt. F. Fawcett 1318687 RAF Survived POW
Bomb aimer Sgt. B. Kermode 657663 RAF Eindhoven EE 10
Wireless op F/Sgt. A.J. Small 1315676 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. S.H. Burrows 929453 RAF Eindhoven EE 32
Air gunner W/O J.S. McDonald R/145804 RCAF Survived POW, died 19 March 1945
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2515&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | N6071 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Lyne, Tarm, Midtjylland |  |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | R9160 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 30 km SW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | EH898 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | Zegendijk, Zieuwent, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 11 August 1943 | EE885 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 1 | Offenhausen, Bayern |  |
w/o |
| 23 September 1943 | EJ104 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | the Bauwaldthal at Kirchheimbolanden; Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 20-Jun-2018 15:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2018 15:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 16:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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