ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200634
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:36 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 620 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EH931 |
| MSN: | QS-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Altdorf, Rheinland-Pfalz, -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh, UK |
The RAF bomber plane was shot down by a German night-fighter during a bombing raid on Mannheim, Germany. The night fighter pilot is Hauptmann Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the Stab III./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands. Five crew members died in the crash, and are buried in Altdorf. Three crew members survived the crash.
Takeoff time: 19:56
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH931
Sources:
https://www.tracesofwar.com/sights/2459/Commonwealth-War-Graves-Altdorf.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH931
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 September 1944 | LK127 | 620 Sqn RAF | 6 | Polderstraat road, Heteren, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2017 19:44 | gerard57 | Added |
| 04-Sep-2018 07:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 18:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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