ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52497
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:33 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7526 |
| MSN: | OJ-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lienden - Ingen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Took off from RAF Lakenheath at 19:50 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberfeldwebel Bruno Eikmeier & Unteroffizier Helmut Fischer of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+CK from Venlo airfield.
Pilot: NZ/405224 Flt Sgt John Crawford Brocket RNZAF
Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Joint Grave 67.
Flight Engineer: 1064390 Sgt James Denny
Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Collective Grave 66.
Observer: 1284777 Sgt Mervyn James Howe
Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Collective Grave 66.
Navigator: R/79379 Flt Sgt Reginald George Blair RCAF
Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Collective Grave 66.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: NZ/412351 Sgt Trevor Charles Beckett Pike RNZAF
Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Joint Grave 67.
Air Gunner: 1385190 Sgt Thomas Bernard Bywaters
Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Grave 65.
Air Gunner: 411773 Sgt Francis William O'Sullivan RNZAF
Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery Plot 13 Row 4 Grave 64.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1881
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 March 1942 | N6126 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Nütterden (Kranenburg) - Materborn (Kleve); Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Oct-2017 14:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Sep-2019 18:56 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2020 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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