ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265180
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Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
Time: | 23:23 LT |
Type: | Short Stirling Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 75 Sqn RNzAF |
Registration: | EH877 |
MSN: | JN-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Gleidingen, Laatzen, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mepal, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 19:57 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was claimed shot down by Leutnant Willi Reisgies of the 1./NJG 2 and by Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Glitz of the 5./NJG 2.
Those who perished rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH877&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG2.htm Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
06-Jul-2021 15:13 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
06-Jul-2021 17:24 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Location, Narrative] |
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