Accident Short Stirling Mk III BK686,
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Date:Monday 26 July 1943
Time:01:20
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator:214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF
Registration: BK686
MSN: BU-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Chedburgh
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Claimed shot down by two Luftwaffe pilots (Unteroffizier Wolfgang Knobloch and Feldwebel Horst Heinstein, both of the 5./JG Herrmann, flying an Fw 190 A-6 from Rheine airfield) and by heavy Flak. None of these claims have been confirmed by the Luftwaffe.

Takeoff time: 22:45
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK686

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK686
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
20 June 1942 N3762 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 4 near the Driehoekweg, Stegeren, Overijssel w/o
27 July 1942 W7560 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 0 Westerdeichstrich, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
3 March 1943 EF329 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 6 Leeste, Weyhe, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2018 12:53 TigerTimon Added
04-Oct-2018 14:27 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
22-Jan-2019 13:33 TigerTimon Updated [Source, Narrative]

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