ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235462
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:10 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9318 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | near Ghent, East Flanders -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Operation - second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up twice by a 'Ju 88' near Ghent.
Probably, this was a Ju 88 C-6 of the 7./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands, flown by Oberfeldwebel Heinz Strüning.
Damaged were the outer starboard engine and starboard tail plane. The aircraft safely returned to England.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RAF/15_wwII.html
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9318 for aircraft type
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2020 13:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 21:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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