Accident Short Stirling Mk I BF451,
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Date:Saturday 17 April 1943
Time:03:48
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:75 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: BF451
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Chigny-les-Roses and Rilly-la-Montagne, Marne, Grand Est -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Newmarket
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Otto Materne of the 4./NJG 4, flying a Bf 110 or Do 217N from Saint-Dizier airfield.

Target: Mannheim
Call Sign: AA-Z
Takeoff time: 22:14
Crew: http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=68

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=68

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
18-Apr-2018 07:51 TigerTimon Added
27-Oct-2018 20:13 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]

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