ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236190
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:46 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7572 |
| MSN: | OJ-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Thieulain, Leuze-en-Hainaut. -
 Belgium
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 20:45 hrs local time for an operation to Frankfurt am Main in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberfeldwebel Kollak & Unteroffizier Hermann of the 7./NJG 4, who were flying Bf 110 3C+AR from Juvincourt airfield in France.
Four of the crew managed to evade capture, the three others were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7572
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 May 1942 | N6124 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Agnicourt-et-Séchelles, Aisne département |  |
w/o |
| 6 June 1942 | R9321 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | Wanheim-Angerhausen, Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 14 February 1943 | W7638 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 3 | 2 km SW of Boxmeer, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 24 August 1943 | EE894 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 6 | 500 metres northwest of Kückenmühle, Ronnenberg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 07:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
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