Squadron: 15 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-12-15
Completion Date: 1942-12-16
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Diepholz Germany
Target Specific: Aerodrome
Base: RAF Bourne
Take Off Time: 17:25
Squadron Code: LS-T
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Netherlands
Crash Specifics: Gortel, Gelderland
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flakfighter
Flak Battery: unspecified
Enemy Claim: Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7/NJG 1
War Diary Unavailable
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#15 Squadron RAF (Aim Sure) RAF Bourne. Stirling I aircraft was repeatedly hit by flak before being intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Werner Rapp & Unteroffizier Hans Ortmann of the 7/NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+GR during a raid on the airfield at Diepholz, Germany. The Stirling crashed into woods East of Gortel near Epe, Netherlands
Pilot Officer EH Kieswetter (RCAF), Pilot Officer RN Holmes (RCAF), Pilot Officer HE Hill (RCAF), Pilot Officer ES Millen (RCAF)(USA), Sergeant GCG Hutton (RAF) and Sergeant RH McKillop (RNZAF) were all killed in action
Sergeant JF Perring (RAF) survived and was taken as Prisoner of War
The Last Flight of T for Tommy by Harry Bouwman {{link, general,https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/52420, Aviation Safety Network}}
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