ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52588
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| Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:40 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9160 |
| MSN: | HA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 30 km SW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Takeoff at 20:45 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
Six of the crew are still missing in action:
Pilot / P/O. W.R.B. McCarthy DFC 149880 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 70
Second Pilot / Sgt. H.M. Russel R/85469 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 106
Flight Engineer / Sgt. H. Forshaw 1109833 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 83
Navigator / P/O. T.P. Scanlan DFC 106553 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 31 C 8 / washed up Callantsoog 25 September
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. L.A. Jones 41591 RNzAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 117
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / P/O. V.C.W. Trowbridge J/15829 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 101
Mid Upper Gunner / Sgt. G.F. Medhurst 1312588 RAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery; grave 31 C 5 / washed up near Den Helder (pole 18) at 16 September
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. J.R. Bird 900012 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 73
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=R9160&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | N6071 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Lyne, Tarm, Midtjylland |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | BK712 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Wijtestraat, Aarschot, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | BK722 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 3 | along Chijnsgoed road, Sterksel, Noord-Brabant | |
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 |
| 27-Aug-2017 10:31 | 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] |
| 19-May-2020 15:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 11:35 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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