Pilot Sgt Thomas Nicholson Stirling EE875 620 Squadron

[Mary]

Request for information in ACA Intercom magazine Spring 2011
Based at Chedburgh.
Lost 22/23 June 1943 en route to Mulheim

[Theletterwriter]

Hi Mary

I am not sure the type of information you want. Sgt. Thomas Stokoe Nicholson was born in Perth in 1920. His parents were Thomas S. Nicholson & Elizabeth Nicholson nee Sanderson who were married in Perth in 1919. Bill Chorley's Bomber Command War Losses has the aircraft presumably lost over the sea and off the coast of Holland. One of his gunners Sgt. Wells is buried in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery but the remaining six including Sg. Nicholson are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

Hope this is of some use.

Douglas

[Dave_Richardson]

Hi Mary

There's some information here:

http://www.wingstovictory.nl/database/pdf/282-story.pdf

But it's in Dutch so I don't know if it's of too much use.

Dave

[K4KittyCrew]

Hi Mary, Douglas & Dave,

Having google as my homepage, it has the option to translate it before I open it, ................ as shown. BUT having had a closer look, looks like half a job. Oh well, it's a start.
Cheers,
John

Crash No 282 - [ Translate this page ]
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Crash No 282. Stirling EE875. 23-06-1943. Noordzee. Page 2. 23 juni 1943. In de nacht van 22 op 23 juni werd Mülheim door 557 bommenwerpers van Bomber ...
http://www.wingstovictory.nl/database/pdf/282-story.
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No. 282 Crash Stirling EE875 23-06-1943 North Sea
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June 23, 1943 On the night of 22 on June 23 by 557 bombers was Mülheim Bomber Command on very successfully bombed. Partly as a result of excellent mark - was a good concentration which produced approximately 64% of The city was destroyed and the entire industrial production was seriously affected. Heavy However, losses were the flip side of this story! No fewer than 35 aircraft were shot down by German defenses. The mission was to Mulheim Fighter Command with intruder missions supported! Although the Low Alerts aus den Niederlanden 1 - As regards Zealand - only a few crash indicate there is substantial evidence that perhaps three (and perhaps even more) planes on the periphery of the Gefechtsbereich lost. Flak commander Flushing 0022 Flak Alarm! Mehrer Ziele aus Richtung näherkommend 8. The 0025 Motorengeräusche sind nach Richtung ausgewandert 10. 0029 Nördliche Südliche und Erfolg des Gefechtsbereichs laufend Einflüge. Für die Räume und Hamster Wespe um diese Zeit besteht keine nor Nachtjagd. 0030 Flak Alarm! Luchs aus Richtung hat neuen Anflug aufgefaßt 9. Die Ziele gehen aber Ausser Bereich Nördliche vorbei. 0033 Ghent Fluko meldet in Nordholland Einflüge Starke. 0055 Flugmeldeposten Gefechtsstand beobachten und einen Abschuß Scheinwerfer 1 in Richtung 2! The 0056 report 2 Batterien Abschüße in Richtung 2! 0058 Scheinwerfer-Alarm! Motorengeräusche in Richtung 9-10, wheat. Leucht 0103 - Feuerverbot und Raum für Hamster und beendet Scheinwerfer-Alarm! Fluko Breda laufend Einflüge meldet und zwischen Goeree Schiedam. 0105 Scheinwerfer 3 in Richtung nimmt Motorengeräusche Wahr 12. 0106 Dishoek meldet Luftkampf in Richtung 1! 0108 Feuererlaubnis Raum für Hamster. 0119 Feuerverbot Raum für Hamster. 0120 Flakfeuer in Richtung 4-5, wheat! 0121 Laut Breda who Spitze steht bei der Einflüge Eindhoven. Westbatterie beobachtet eine Maschine production income in Richtung 1. 0123 Ostbatterie meldet abspringende Pilots in Richtung 1, wheat. 0124 Motorengeräusche über der Stadt. January 0126 Abschuß in Richtung 3, wheat! Feuererlaubnis Raum für Hamster. 0127 Flakfeuer in Richtung 2! 0138 Westbatterie beobachtet einen in Richtung 2 Abschuß! Feuerverbot für Raum Hamster. Manufacturer Change laufend es nun in Meiste Abstand von nur kurze handful of minutes Feuererlaubnis und Feuerverbot! 0145 Breda Laut der Spitze steht that rückfliegenden Feindmaschinen bei Breda. 0146 Motorengeräusche aus Richtung näherkommend 12-1. 0150 Westbatterie Motorengeräusche nimmt aus Richtung a war, which nach Richtung 10 auswandern.
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0158 Abstürz in Richtung 3, 20 km Entfernung. Die Geräte auf die Ziele fassen laufend Ausser Bereich sind oder aber entweder das roads Meiste Manufactured in Feuerverbots bekämpft were können nicht. 0241 bis 0243 Die 8./810 bekämpft mit Schuss 2 4 cm, 40 cm 2 Schuss Schuss und 9 3.7 cm-Feind eine maschine Those 4 inch Waffe hatte und nach dem ersten Schuss Versager könnte deshalb nicht entscheiden were eingesetzt. 0314 Feuererlaubnis Raum für Hamster lie aber es keine Meldungen vor mehr. KTB 32. Such Flottille Mine (RM 69-195) Auf --//-- Position 5206.8N / O 0407.5 0043 Fliegeralarm! Heftiges Flakfeuer an der Küste und Nachtjägerbeschuß. In 0058 Richtung 90 ° stürzen zwei brennend Flugzeug ab. In 0121 45 ° stürzt Richtung ein Flugzeug ab. In 0124 45 ° stürzt Richtung ein Flugzeug ab. In 0125 45 ° stürzt Richtung ein Flugzeg ab 98 ° und Richtung wird eines Aufschlag Flugzeuges beobachtet Entfernung ETWA Seemeilen 6. In 0127 90 ° stürzt Richtung ein Flugzeug ab. In 0158 Richtung 90 ° stürzen zwei Flugzeug ab. In 0219 30 ° stürzt Richtung ein Flugzeug ab. In 0237 25 ° Richtung wird eines Aufschlag Flugzeuges beobachtet. General Kommando LXXXIX. Poor Corps In der Nacht --//-- Starke Ein - und Rückflüge Reichsgebiet ins. Feindmaschinen bei zwei und eine Maschine Westkapelle ostwärts Goes abgeschossen. The (potential) losses of Bomber Command in and around Zeeland. o Halifax Mk.II (JD213) of No.77 Squadron - started at 23.29 hours from Elvington Yorkshire - probably fell at the height of the Zealand coast in the North Sea. Flt.Sgt. Edwin Alfred Sims RAAF † His body washed ashore in Wenduine to and he on the municipal cemetery of this church was ordered to the ground. Sgt. John Westbarn mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 169 Flt.Sgt. Desmond Henry Russell Kelly † His body washed ashore on July 14 at Egmond aan and he to the general Mountain Cemetery was buried. Sgt. Terence Wilfred Charles Luther mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 157 Sgt. Thomas Ogle † His body washed ashore on July 9 at The Hague and Ter Heijde between then he is the general cemetery Crooswijk was buried in Rotterdam. Sgt. John Fitzsimmons mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 149 Flt.Sgt. Osborne David Thompson RCAF mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 186
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o Stirling Mk.III (BF572) of No.218 Squadron - started at 00.09 hours from Downham Market Norfolk - Be it went to 02.29 to 02.36 hours at approximately 20 to 30 kilometers west of Walcheren lost. This machine - or the following - was intercepted and shot by Oblt. Viktor Sorko (II. / NJG 3), OR Major Günther Radusch (Stab II. / NJG 3), both of whom about 29.2 hours a victory on a Short Stirling claimed. Flt.Sgt. James Brooks Hamilton Smith RAAF † His remains were on July 9 at the Protestant Cemetery Castricum buried. Sgt. Gilbert Ernest Rose mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 163 Sgt. Reginald Harrison Cramm mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 146 Sgt. Henry Wyndham Davies † His remains were initially at the general cemetery Zandvoort buried-ing. After the war his remains were transferred to the Canadian military cemetery and Bergen op Zoom. Sgt. Céderic Roland Minns mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 159 Flt.Sgt. George Labiuk RCAF † His body washed ashore on the South Holland coast. Initially untreated kite he had buried in the New Eastern Cemetery. Flt.Sgt. PW Farr pow 357 Stalag Kopernikus o Stirling Mk.III (EE875) from No.620 Squadron - started at 23.35 from Chedburgh Suffolk - collapsed at 02.30 am at ± 20 km west of Walcheren in the North Sea. To see the cause of the crash data of No.218 Squadron Stirling (Above). Sgt. Thomas Nicholson mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 160 Sgt. Ralph Owen Jasper mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 155 Sgt. Kenneth William Read mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 162 Flg.Off. William Henry Boundy mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 123 Sgt. Amos Alfred Thomas Woodard mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 170 Sgt. Harold James Wells † His body washed ashore on July 8 at around mile marker 19.2 and the day was then the general cemetery Caps entombed. After the war his remains were at the military cemetery at Bergen op Zoom herbe dig. Sgt. Roy Jackson mia Runnymede Memorial Panel 154

[Dave_Richardson]

John

Looking at it again the middle bit looks to be some kind of log and it's in German. Here's the Google translation. Not sure when the Germans started to use Space Hamsters tho!

"Flak commander Flushing
0022 Flak! Multiple targets from the direction 8 closing.
0025 The engine sounds are migrated to direction 10.
0029 and south of the battle area north continually made incursions.
For the rooms hamsters and wasp is around this time, no night hunting.
0030 Flak! Approach from the nine lynx has conceived new. The goals go
except the area north over.
0033 Gent FLUKO reports strong incursions in northern Holland.
0055 Watch aircraft warning lights and a command post items a kill
in direction 2!
0056 The battery module 2 kills in the direction of 2!
0058 headlight alarm! Engine noise in the direction of 9-10, far.
0103 light - and fire ban for space hamster and headlight alarm over!
FLUKO Breda reports ongoing incursions between Goeree and Schiedam.
0105 3 takes spotlight in the direction 12 true engine noise.
0106 Dishoek reports air combat in the direction of 1!
0108 fire permit for space hamster.
0119 fire ban for space hamster.
0120 anti-aircraft fire in the direction of 4-5, far away!
According to 0121 Breda incursions is at the top of Eindhoven.
West observed a battery burning engine in direction 1.
0123 Ostbatterie reports pilots become detached in one direction, far.
0124 engine noise over the city.
A 0126 shooting in the direction 3, far! Fire permit for space hamster.
0127 anti-aircraft fire in the direction of 2!
0138 West battery observed in direction 2 a kill! Fire ban for space
Hamster.
It now change constantly, mostly in short intervals of only a few minutes
Permission to fire and fire-ban!
According to 0145 Breda is the tip of the back-flying enemy aircraft at Breda.
0146 engine noise coming from 12-1 closing.
0150 West battery takes engine noise coming from 1, was for the direction 10
. Emigrate
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0158 crashes in direction 3, distance 20 km. The devices take on the current objectives
but either are out of range or because the most current fire ban
can not be fought.
0241 The fight 8./810 to 0243 with 2 shot 4 cm, 40 cm and 9 shot 2 shot 3.7
cm, an enemy machine! The 4 cm after the first shot gun was a failure and
therefore could not be used decisively.
0314 fire permit room for hamsters but there is no news anymore.
KTB 32nd Minesweeper Flotilla (RM 69-195)
In position --//-- 5206.8N / O 0407.5
0043 air raid! Violent anti-aircraft fire from the shore bombardment and night fighters.
In 0058 the direction of 90 ° plunge two planes down in flames.
In 0121 the direction of 45 ° from a plane crash.
In 0124 the direction of 45 ° from a plane crash.
In 0125 the direction of 45 ° Flugzeg crashes off a 98 ° direction and will serve a
Aircraft observed about 6 miles away.
In 0127 the direction of 90 ° from a plane crash.
In 0158 the direction of 90 ° from two planes crash.
In 0219 the direction of 30 ° from a plane crash.
In 0237 the direction of 25 ° impact of a plane is observed.
General Command LXXXIX. Army Corps
--//-- In the night a strong - and trips to the Reich.
Two enemy aircraft at West Chapel, and a machine east Goes
shot down."

Dave

[Mary]

Thanks for all the info.
I intend to forward all this early next week.

[Oggie2620]

Those space hamsters get everywhere.... LOL! That cant be the right translation. Will have to get a friend who understands German to have a look.

[K4KittyCrew]

Dee said ......

Those space hamsters get everywhere.... LOL! That cant be the right translation. Will have to get a friend who understands German to have a look

Many thanks Dee, please keep us informed.
John