ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52536
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1942 |
| Time: | 22:45 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9318 |
| MSN: | LS-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 6 km NW of Bergen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Took off from RAF Bourn at 20:10 hrs local time for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Vinke of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 - (claim) sea 6 km northwest of Bergen aan Zee: 3,700m at 22:45.
All seven are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot: 110820 Plt Off James Watson Brown - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68.
Pilot: 117356 Plt Off Isaiah Derry Ferguson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69.
Flight Engineer: Sgt Sam Hawley Atkinson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.
Observer: R/80811 WOII Max Louis Morelly RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 102.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 112738 Plt Off Bryan Lister Walker - Runnymede Memorial Panel 72.
Air Gunner: 1380621 Sgt Alfred William Kendall - Runnymede Memorial Panel 87.
Air Gunner: 1384269 Sgt James Cyril Kent - Runnymede Memorial Panel 87.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=R9318&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1943 | R9279 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea 50 km W of Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | BK648 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | zwischen Flugplatz Hangelar und Menden Bahnhof |  |
w/o |
| 28 July 1943 | EH893 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hamburg-Ochsenwerder | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Sep-2017 19:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 11-Aug-2019 09:46 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2020 09:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:57 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, Source] |
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