Accident Short Stirling Mk I W7614,
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Date:Thursday 17 December 1942
Time:20:36 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF
Registration: W7614
MSN: HA-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:west of Kaltenweide, Langenhagen, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Downham Market, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 17:32 hrs for a bombing operation against Fallersleben, Wolfsburg.

The aircraft was coned by a searchlight and hit by Flak of the 1.-3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 801 (o), schwere Flak-Abteilung 619 and Alarmzug Langenhagen airfield; crashed.

Those who perished rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7614
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 March 1943 BK716 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF 7 IJsselmeer near Marken, Noord-Holland w/o
21 February 1944 EJ125 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF 7 North Sea near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2020 18:26 TigerTimon Added
19-Mar-2021 21:02 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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