ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206620
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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 00:18 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF450 |
| MSN: | HA-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rheinau, Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market |
Hit by Flak.
Target: Nürnberg
Takeoff time: 19:40 LT
Four crew rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery. The three others have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
https://218squadron.wordpress.com/short-stirling-mk-i-mk-iii/
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF450&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1942 | N6129 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of the Rømø (Denmark) & Sylt (Germany) islands | |
w/o |
| 17 August 1943 | EH884 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | municipality Ambérieu-en-Bugey, Ain |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | EH986 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | Berlin, Templehof airport | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2018 15:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 15:09 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:03 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 03-Nov-2019 10:44 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 09:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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