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| Date: | Tuesday 3 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7430 |
| MSN: | MG- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Dobbrikow - Hennickendorf (Nuthe-Urstromtal), Brandenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:50 LT for an operation to Berlin.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Ernst Kalinowski of the 6./NJG 1 (detached to 2./NJG 3), who was flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield, Niedersachsen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer John Mitchell RAF 36233 (NCO:563668 : Commission Gazetted Friday 05 January, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant Peter Bernard Eric Smith RAFVR 754563 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Donald Grant Clark RAF 538094 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Aidan Noel Wynne RAF 519327 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant James Gerard Armstrong RAFVR 965766 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Clarke RAFVR 936598 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Stanley Bellow RAF 1376783 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7430
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2019 08:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Jun-2019 09:37 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 22-May-2024 14:24 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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