ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244657
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| Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
| Time: | 21:43 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9259 |
| MSN: | MG-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sauvenière, Gembloux, Namur -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 17:41 hrs for a bombing operation against Mannheim in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberfeldwebel Schellwat & Unteroffizier Willmann of the 5./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Those who perished rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9259
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 June 1942 | W7471 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | near Blija, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | N3764 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Hamburg-Groß Flottbek |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | R9266 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Büttgen, Kaarst, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2020 20:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2022 03:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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