Incident Short Stirling Mk IV LJ851,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50018
 
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Date:Wednesday 20 September 1944
Time:14:45 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk IV
Owner/operator:196 Sqn RAF
Registration: LJ851
MSN: 7T-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the Wintermans farm, Eersel / Duizel, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Keevil, Wiltshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 11:50 hrs for a re-supply operation in support of operation Market Garden.
The aircraft was crash-landed; all eight evading capture.

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T4209&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
11-Sep-2019 08:15 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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