Accident Short Stirling Mk III EF448,
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Date:Saturday 28 August 1943
Time:03:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator:218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF
Registration: EF448
MSN: HA-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Münstermaifeld, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Downham Market
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Husemann of the Stab/NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Deelen airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 21:35
Crew: ????

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EF448

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 March 1942 W7507 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF 0 RAF Marham, near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, England w/o
23 June 1942 N6078 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF 7 North Sea off Noord-Holland mis
7 August 1942 N6072 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF 4 near Kessel-Eik, Limburg w/o
25 July 1943 BF567 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF 7 near Einfeld, Neumünster, Schleswig-Holstein w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Aug-2018 07:38 TigerTimon Added
04-Oct-2018 13:31 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator]

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