ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235881
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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7560 |
| MSN: | BU-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerdeichstrich, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 22:37 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by a Bf 110 night fighter of the 5./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield. All seven crew members were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7560
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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 |
| 3 March 1943 | EF329 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Leeste, Weyhe, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1943 | BK686 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 8 | Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2020 15:06 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Mar-2021 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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