ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264993
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| Date: | Thursday 23 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:30 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 Sqn RNzAF |
| Registration: | EH936 |
| MSN: | JN-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dirmstein, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 19:26 hrs (local time) for an operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
Homeward-bound, shot down by Hauptmann Hans-Dieter Frank of the Stab I./NJG 1, who had taken off from Venlo airfield (the Netherlands) in a Bf 110 G-4.
All eight rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH936&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
'He 219' by R. Francis Ferguson page 107
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2021 20:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
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