ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52834
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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3728 |
| MSN: | LS-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Melick and Herkenbosch; Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:48 hrs for a bombing operation to Essen in Germany.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances, between Melick and Herkenbosch ESE of Roermond.
All seven rest in Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland:
Pilot:NZ/39902 WO Andrew Jack Cowlrick RNZAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. G. 7-8.
Flight Engineer:572662 Sgt George Nixon - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 4 G 5
Observer:1154729 Sgt Norman Frederick Webber - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. G. 7-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1113251 Sgt Frederick Gordon Crighton - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Coll grave 4. G. 7-8.
Wireless operator/Air Gunner:1360381 Sgt Eric Edwards Hayes - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 4 G 6
Air Gunner:47895 Plt Off John Davidson Weir - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Coll. grave 4. G. 7-8 (NCO:623513 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 March, 1942)
Air Gunner:970388 Sgt Albert Moorcroft - Jonkerbos War Cemetery Coll grave 4. G. 7-8.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 April 1942 | W7511 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 20 June 1942 | R9352 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Bimolten, Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 16 December 1942 | R9168 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | woods east of Gortel hamlet, Emst, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-Jun-2017 09:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2018 16:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Jan-2018 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 15:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2023 16:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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