Accident Short Stirling Mk III EH878,
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Date:Monday 6 September 1943
Time:00:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator:623 Sqn RAF
Registration: EH878
MSN: IC-I
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Rödern - Schönborn, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Downham Market
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Heinz Augenstein of the 9./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 G-4 from Twente airfield, the Netherlands.

Takeoff time: 19:48
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH878

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EH878

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Sep-2018 15:27 TigerTimon Added
06-Oct-2018 05:45 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]

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