Accident Short Stirling Mk III BK760,
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Date:Sunday 11 April 1943
Time:03:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: BK760
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:1 km south of Tongerlo, 11 km west-northwest of Maaseik, Limburg -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Major Walter Ehle of the Stab II/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from St Trond airfield. Also claimed by Flak.

Target: Frankfurt
Call Sign: MG-X
Takeoff time: 23:31
Crew: http://aircrewremembered.com/chesterman-humphrey.html

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/stirling-te-tongerlo
http://aircrewremembered.com/chesterman-humphrey.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
10-Apr-2018 09:25 TigerTimon Added
10-Apr-2018 09:28 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
03-Nov-2018 14:33 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]

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