ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53307
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| Date: | Thursday 10 July 1941 |
| Time: | day |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6017 |
| MSN: | MG-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais 62 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Oakington |
Mission-Chocques Power Station. Took off from RAF Oakington at 1030 hrs to attack a power station. Shot down by flak into the sea between Boulogne and le Touquet in the Pas-de-Calais. Most of the crew are buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery but Fg Off Fraser rest in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, Holland will Sgt Wood has no known grave.
Crew
Fg Off C V Fraser DFC (KIA)
Plt Off L B O'Reilly (KIA)
Sgt R J Clifton (KIA)
Sgt E H Rogers (KIA)
Sgt S Bridges (KIA)
Sgt W Wilcox (KIA)
Sgt K R Wood (KIA)
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 89.
https://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=4243
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 August 1941 | W7438 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Kaarst, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 16:34 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Nov-2018 14:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 21-May-2021 19:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source] |
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