ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53286
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| Date: | Friday 18 July 1941 |
| Time: | 11:40 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6030 |
| MSN: | LS-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea southeast of Deal, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Wyton |
Mission-Wesel. Took off from RAF Wyton in an attempt to raid Wesel using cloud cover. Turning back, due to clearing skies and subsequently crashed in the North Sea. The aircraft was hit by fighter pilot Feldwebel Ernst Jäckel of the 2./JG 26, who was flying a Bf 109F from Saint-Omer - Clairmarais airfield, France.
Four bodies are buried in various cemeteries in Holland, while the rest are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.In civilian life Fg Off Marshall RAAF was the yachting correspondent for the Sydney Telegraph.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Sydney Douglas Marshall RAAF Aus/402060 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Kenneth Godfrey Howard Davies RAF 568241 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Alfred James Higgison RNZAF NZ/39635 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer John Davis Walker McCallum RAFVR 61025 [Killed] (NCO:952752 Commission Gazetted : Friday 14 March, 1941)
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Gordon Hogarth Mayor RAFVR 976107 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles George White AFM RAF 538321 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Walter Dudley Frost RAFVR 1375651 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1125&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 94.
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/JG26.htm
LW Claims by Michael Balss (C.2036/II)
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 October 1941 | N6047 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Mariembourg, Couvin, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 22 January 1942 | N6093 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England | |
w/o |
| 20 July 1942 | R9308 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Waterbeach | |
w/o |
| 8 March 1943 | BK697 | 15 Sqn RAF | 6 | Champneuville, northwest of Verdun, Meuse, Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 06:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 20:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2019 15:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jul-2023 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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