Originally Posted by
Ontariotech
Just wanted to pay a little tribute to my great uncle, Francis Barkhouse Stewart of 75 RNZAF squadron, who was shot down in his Stirling Bomber at 22:26 hrs, March 3rd, 1943 10 miles of Heligoland Islands on a mine laying op. by Ofw. Maisch 4./NJG 3.
Lit a candle, had a pint of Guinness. Paused to reflect.
Gone, but not forgotten.
Dear Ontariotech,
here I am, 11 years later. I have submitted the crash in the ASN Wikibase.
Theo Boiten, writer of the book 'Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One' found out that Stirling N6123 was claimed by a different night fighter pilot, namely Oblt. Rudolf Sigmund of the 10./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield. The claim location is also different: North Sea 20 km west of Texel.
Kind regards,
Timon