ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 238144
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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | 00:18 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3763 |
| MSN: | HA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sankt Hubertus, Groß Grönau, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 19:50 hrs local time for an operation against Lübeck.
The aircraft was shot down by heavy Flak of the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 161 and the 1./schwere Flak-Abteilung 259.
All seven rest in the 1939-1945 Berlin War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3763
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 June 1942 | W7530 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 3 | NW of Wognum, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 20 August 1942 | BF338 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | Hoffnungsthal, Goosefeld, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 2 September 1942 | N3714 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | Sterrebeek, Zaventem, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | EE903 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | 6 km south of Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Jul-2020 10:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2021 21:02 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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