ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180608
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| Date: | Saturday 28 August 1943 |
| Time: | 03:04 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE877 |
| MSN: | OJ-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langel, Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Lakenheath, Suffolk, UK |
Takeoff at 21:33 hrs local time for an operation against Nürnberg in Bayern.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
All seven crew members died in the crash.
Sources:
http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE877&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Oct-2015 13:15 | gerard57 | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 17-May-2021 14:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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