German Portrait der Nachtjagd Bordfunker Heinz Januschewski, Feldwebel im 6./NJG1, gefallen am 19./20. Mai 1942 in Brustem, bei Flugplatz St. Trond, Belgien, in Bf 110 E-1 der Oberleutnant Fritz Gutezeit mit Kennung "G9+HP" und Werknr. 4071, nach Luftkampf mit einem ebenso abgestürzten englischen Short Stirling Bomber
The Sterling F/L Pilling's Stirling W7520
Type: |
Short Stirling Mk I |
Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W7520 |
MSN: | MG-S |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | Dorpsstraat, Brustem, Sint-Truiden, Limburg - Belgium |
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:58 hrs for an operation to Mannheim in Germany.
Oberleutnant Friedrich 'Fritz' Gutezeit, Staffelkapitän of the 6./NJG 1 and his Funker Unteroffizier Januschewski intercepted homeward-bound 7 Sqn Stirling W7520 over Brustem.
The aircraft exploded plunging burning wreckage into the Bf 110 E-1 coded G9+HP. The two aircraft crashed at Brustem killing both crews.
Pilot:65540 Flt Lt Hector Garrick Pilling DFC - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. C. 13-16.
2nd Pilot:46894 Plt Off Ronald Arthur Bowker - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. C. 13-16.
Flight Engineer:940014 Sgt William Helliwell - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. C. 13-16.
Navigator:J/5694 Plt Off Irvine Frank Hoidas RCAF - Heverlee War Cemetery Coll. grave 3. C. 13-16.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/61780 Sgt William Henry Bracken RCAF - Heverlee War Cemetery 3. C. 11.
Wireless Operator:R/65242 Flt Sgt Gerald John Patrick Kearns MID RCAF - Heverlee War Cemetery 3. C. 10.
Air Gunner:125315 Plt Off Clifford Lewis - Heverlee War Cemetery 3. C. 12.
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