ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52967
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| Date: | Monday 9 March 1942 |
| Time: | 03:05 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3673 |
| MSN: | LS-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 9 / Occupants: 9 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Vrijenberger Sprengen near Loenen, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 00:35 LT for a bombing operation to Essen, Germany.
Hit by Soesterberg-based Flak and crashed in the Schalterbosch near the Vrijenberger Sprengen, west of Loenen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant George William Nicholson RAF 42074 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant William Andrew Cross RCAF R/74718 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald Max Disley RAFVR 101658 : Commission Gazetted Friday 15 August, 1941) [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Douglas Francis Hooper Tuck RAF 569400 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Albert John Rampton RAFVR 108050 (NCO:922687 : Commission Gazetted Friday 19 December, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harry Walter Trevor Bidgood RAFVR 1255382 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Carl Stuart Carruthers RCAF R/54101 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Donald McCallum RAFVR 1118544 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Leonard Hartley Phillips RCAF R/60210 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1432
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 April 1942 | N6076 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Newmarket |  |
unk |
| 16 July 1942 | W7524 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | sea 5 km southeast of Esbjerg in Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 27 August 1942 | BF327 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Beusichem, Gelderland | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Mar-2017 10:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2017 15:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:27 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2019 19:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 08-Mar-2024 07:55 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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