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Date: | Wednesday 15 March 1944 |
Time: | 23:37 LT |
Type: | Avro Lancaster Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | HK540 |
MSN: | WS-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bietigheim, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Baden-Württemberg -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:18 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Hugo Oppermann of the 8./NJG 2 (based at Twente airfield in the Netherlands), who was flying a Ju 88.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Raymond Backwell-Smith RAF 37871 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 June, 1936) [PoW]
Flight Engineer : Sergeant Norman Victor Sirman RAF 1612116 [PoW]
Navigator : Flying Officer Herbert Keith Sheasby RAFVR 134586 (NCO:1437147 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 March, 1943) [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Douglas Raymond Eley RCAF J/86764 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Ronald West RAFVR 1575466 [Killed]
Mid-Upper Gunner : Sergeant Brian Glover RAFVR 1588485 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Eric Alfred Birrell RAAF Aus/416923 [Killed]
Associated Pilot : Mr Alex Henshaw Civilian
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/backwell-smith.html Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
22-Jan-2020 16:00 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
22-Jan-2020 16:01 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location] |
29-Jan-2020 08:49 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
15-Mar-2024 07:45 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |