ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53269
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| Date: | Saturday 26 July 1941 |
| Time: | 05:40 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6029 |
| MSN: | LS -K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 40 km off Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Mission:Berlin. Took off from RAF Wyton. Badly shot about by a Ju88 which caused significant damage to the Stirling's fuel tanks. Subsequently, the bomber ditched 0540 hrs in the North Sea, roughly 40 km off Dutch coast. The crew drifted for six days before their dinghy came ashore in the area of Zandvoort.
Crew
Flt Lt F Thompson RAAF (POW)
Flt T H B Taylor (POW)
Sgt J T Day (POW)
Sgt B Beecroft (POW)
Sgt F Smith (POW)
Sgt L C Titterton (POW)
Sgt H N Guymer RNZAF (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1142&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 103.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 19:41 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 26-Jul-2019 17:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 21-Jun-2022 12:31 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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