ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 211664
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Date: | Sunday 30 May 1943 |
Time: | 02:28 |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | EH881 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
Other fatalities: | 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eilendorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Johannes Hager of the 4./NJG 1, flying Do 217 N-1 G9+FM from St Trond airfield, Belgium. Unteroffizier Fritz J. Leda, the Bordfunker of Leutnant Hager, was mortally injured by return fire from the Stirling.
Also claimed by Flak of the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 514.
Target: Barmen-Wuppertal
Call Sign: AA-Z
Takeoff time: 23:40
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH881
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH881 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-May-2018 18:55 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
30-May-2018 18:57 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
27-Oct-2018 20:19 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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