ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52683
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| Date: | Friday 24 July 1942 |
| Time: | 03:25 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7580 |
| MSN: | OJ-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Den Hanenberg' pub at Geffen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath |
Takeoff at 01:11 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Oloff of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G9+AL from Venlo airfield - (claim) 13km NE of 's Hertogenbosch. This was the first victory of Oloff, who survived the war as a highly experienced night fighter ace.
All of the crew rest in the Uden War Cemetery:
Pilot:63827 Fg Off Anthony John Lee Bowes - Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. I. 10-13 (NCO:1375729 Commission Gazetted : Friday 09 May, 1941)
Flight Engineer:965668 Sgt Norman Acton - Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. I. 10-13.
Observer:655223 Sgt David Morris - Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. I. 10-13.
Bomb Aimer:1068042 Sgt George Blatherwick - Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. I. 10-13.
Wireless Operator:1283854 Sgt Eric Harold Boumphrey - Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. I. 10-13.
Air Gunner:48081 Plt Off Peter Henry Basson - Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. I. 10-13 (NCO:519639 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 June, 1942)
Air Gunner:657163 Sgt Ernest Charles Isted - Uden War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. I. 10-13.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1707
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 June 1942 | W7508 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | L'Écluse, Beauvechain, Walloon Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | EF438 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | 4 km west of Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Jul-2017 14:58 | Anon. | Updated [Cn] |
| 05-Aug-2017 17:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2018 20:58 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-May-2020 19:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jul-2023 07:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
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