ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52416
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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:15 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF403 |
| MSN: | HA-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Marsdiep off Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Takeoff at 18:02 hrs for a bombing operation against Fallersleben, Wolfsburg, Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by Marine Flak of 1./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Dirks Admiraal, 3./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 De Mok, 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Erfprins, 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808, 9./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 808 Vangdam, Stab Seekommandantur Nord Holland, 4./Marine-Artillerie-Abteilung 607 Kijkduin and vessels of the 34. Minensuchflottille, 20. Vorpostenflottille and
Hafenschützflotille.
Pilot / F/Sgt. L.C. Shepherd NZ403994 RNZAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery (Noord-Brabant); body recovered from sea 17 December
Flight Engineer / Sgt. C.M. Taylor 1285297 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Navigator / Sgt. S. Holmes NZ405274 RNZAF / Den Burg cemetery; washed up pole 30 at 21 December
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. A.J.C. Lavers 1336386 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / W/O. II J.N.C. Hornidge R/82817 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. A.F. Copplestone 1586180 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Rear Gunner / Sgt. G. Price 1280742 RAF / Runnymede Memorial
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1954&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
218 Sqn war records from The National Archives UK
Sgt Hornidge's personnel file from Ancestry.ca
https://218squadron.wordpress.com/
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF403&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BF403
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 June 1942 | W7503 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | near the Oude Zeug nature reserve, Wieringerwerf; Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 24 August 1942 | W7562 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | between Thynes (Dinant) - Sovet (Ciney), Namur |  |
w/o |
| 9 October 1943 | BK687 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Ebersdorf, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Dec-2017 11:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:42 | XindelX | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2020 20:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 07:18 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Jun-2022 07:15 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Oct-2023 21:45 | tachel | Updated [[Location]] |
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