Accident Short Stirling Mk III LK379,
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Date:Thursday 18 November 1943
Time:20:44 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator:90 Sqn RAF
Registration: LK379
MSN: WP-F
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Lampertheim, Hessen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wratting Common
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by Oberleutnant Martin Becker of the Stab I./NJG 6 (flying Bf 110 G-4 2Z+HB from Mainz-Finthen airfield) and coned by searchlights.

Target: Ludwigshafen am Rhein
Takeoff time: 17:18
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK379

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LK379

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Nov-2018 16:52 TigerTimon Added
19-Nov-2018 20:40 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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