ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52826
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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:27 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7474 |
| MSN: | HA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Het Kuitje, Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham |
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for a bombing operation to Bremen in Germany.
Outward-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.
Those who did not survive rest at Bergen op Zoom war cemetery in Noord-Brabant:
Pilot:123861 Plt Off J R Webster - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 32. A. 7-8.
Pilot:106113 Plt Off James Garscadden - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 32. A. 7-8.
Observer:100055 Plt Off John Douglas Insch - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 32. A. 7-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:971256 Flt Sgt Harold Cyril Frederick Broadbent DFM - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 32. A. 7-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/60963 Flt Sgt Leo Louis Joseph Farley RCAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 32. A. 7-8.
Air Gunner:616593 Sgt Leonard James Smith - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 32. A. 7-8.
Air Gunner: 1334367 Sgt Norman Cyril Frederick Sibley - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery Coll. grave 32. A. 7-8.
1019151 Sgt K R Cox PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 493.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1574&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 April 1942 | W7506 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Hüffelsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz |  |
w/o |
| 13 May 1943 | BK705 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 40 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 23 June 1943 | BF572 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea 25 km W of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-Jun-2017 10:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2018 15:34 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jan-2018 15:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jan-2018 18:42 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2020 11:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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