ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88999
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| Date: | Thursday 3 December 1942 |
| Time: | 05:13 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK618 |
| MSN: | AA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Idar-Oberstein, 50 km E Trier (Rheinland-Pfalz) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket |
Takeoff at 02:02 hrs for a bombing operation against Frankfurt am Main in Hessen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Peter Deppermann of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110.
Crew: 2 killed - 6 POW. Those killed rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK618
Annonces de l'Ourthe - 23/12/2010
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft BA100 - BZ999, published 2006
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2011 16:03 | ThW | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 01:50 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Sep-2011 01:51 | Uli Elch | Updated [Departure airport, Source] |
| 31-Jan-2012 00:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Jun-2013 08:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 29-Oct-2019 11:30 | Uli Elch | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 05-Nov-2019 22:13 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2020 17:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
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