ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52420
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:09 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9168 |
| MSN: | LS-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | woods east of Gortel hamlet, Emst, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 17:30 hrs for a bombing operation against a Luftwaffe aircraft depot at Diepholz in Germany.
The aircraft was repeatedly hit by Flak and intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+GR from Twente airfield.
Those who perished rest in the Epe cemetery:
Pilot / P/O. F.S. Millen J/16197 RCAF / killed
Flight Engineer / Sgt. G.C.G. Hutton 576008 RAF / killed
Navigator / P/O. E.H. Kieswetter J/16319 RCAF / killed / from USA
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. R.H. McKillop NZ404389 RNZAF / killed
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / P/O. R.N. Holmes J/16538 RCAF / killed
Mid Upper Gunner / P/O. H.E. Hill J/16537 RCAF / killed
Rear Gunner / Sgt. J.F. Perring 539068 RAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1948&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://geertboogaard.nl/home.php?rubriek=327
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1942 | W7511 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 3 June 1942 | N3728 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | between Melick and Herkenbosch; Limburg | |
w/o |
| 20 June 1942 | R9352 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bimolten, Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Nov-2013 18:46 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Dec-2017 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2020 18:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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