ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 265190
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| Date: | Monday 27 September 1943 |
| Time: | 23:26 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF472 |
| MSN: | HA-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bothfeld, Hannover, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 20:00 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot up by Oberleutnant Robert Plewa of the 2./JG 300, who was flying a Bf 109G from Bonn-Hangelar airfield (NRW).
All seven rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF472&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 September 1942 | N3725 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | east of Stoke Ferry, King's Lynn area, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 22 November 1943 | EF180 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Urbanstraße, Berlin-Kreuzberg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jul-2021 17:31 | TigerTimon | Added |
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