ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 209063
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Date: | Sunday 11 April 1943 |
Time: | 03:45 |
Type: | 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/time | Contributor | Updates |
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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