ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235923
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | 00:59 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7565 |
| MSN: | MG-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Aschhorn, Drochtersen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:29 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Rolf Bussmann of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6.
Those who did not survive rest at the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7565
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 March 1942 | W7466 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Gnutz, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 3 June 1942 | W7500 | 7 Sqn RAF | 8 | North Sea off Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 9 March 1943 | R9149 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Élan, Flize, Ardennes 08 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 10:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
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