ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264602
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:52 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH941 |
| MSN: | LS-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Buchweg road at Haßloch, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 19:29 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and engaged by Feldwebel Herbert Chantelau (9./JG 300) and by heavy (schwere) Flak.
The Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6 collided with the Stirling and was abandoned by its pilot.
Flak was credited with the victory.
Those who did not survive rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH941&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 December 1942 | W7635 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Rømø island |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | BK815 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Brielstraat, Beveren, East Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 4 July 1943 | BF579 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea 30 km NW of Terschelling, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 16 September 1943 | BF569 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | Vaux, near Canal du Berry, Allier 03 |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jun-2021 08:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-Jun-2021 10:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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