ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53249
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| Date: | Friday 8 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:37 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3658 |
| MSN: | LS-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kerkstraat street at Overasselt, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Mission : Essen. Took off from RAF Wyton.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Loos & Unteroffizier Gumm of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. It crashed into 'De Morsheuvel' farm, occupied by the Welles family. The three members of the family succumbed in the ensuing sea of fire (Jan & Marie Welles and their little son Jan).
All crew members are buried in Uden War Cemetery:
Pilot / Plt Off F J Needham (KIA) / 29 years old
Second Pilot / Sqdn Ldr J Vivian (KIA) / 27 years old
Observer / Sgt G W Jeffrey RCAF (KIA) / 24 years old
Flight Engineer / Sgt S H Broyd (KIA) / 33 years old
Front Gunner / Sgt J T Corbett (KIA) / 24 years old
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Flt Sgt R A Ross (KIA) / 25 years old
Rear Gunner / Sgt K L Rowley (KIA) / 24 years old
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1167&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
https://www.overasselt.info/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/J3_NR2_Def.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 111.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 February 1942 | N6067 | 15 Sqn RAF | 1 | Beck Lodge Farm Mildenhall Suffolk |  |
w/o |
| 7 April 1942 | W7448 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Missing - North Sea | |
mis |
| 28 August 1942 | W7624 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Suetersweg road, Bentelo, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 17 September 1942 | BF353 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer 10 km NW of Harderwijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1943 | BK699 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Waddenzee, Dantziggat, S of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-May-2016 19:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 18-Feb-2020 10:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2020 11:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Feb-2020 11:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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