Accident Short Stirling Mk III BK805,
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Date:Monday 26 July 1943
Time:00:40
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator:15 Sqn RAF
Registration: BK805
MSN: LS-U
Fatalities:Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Osterwick, Rosendahl, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Mildenhall
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Wilhelm Dormann of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 22:30
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK805

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK805

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 September 1941 N6045 15 Sqn RAF 0 field at Varsselseweg, Hengelo, Gelderland w/o
29 August 1942 R9153 15 Sqn RAF 7 Mesmont, Ardennes w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
24-Jul-2018 10:26 TigerTimon Added
06-Nov-2018 20:09 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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