Accident Short Stirling Mk I W7455,
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Date:Tuesday 7 September 1943
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:1657 HCU RAF
Registration: W7455
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants:
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Great Thurlow, Haverhill, Suffolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Stradishall
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down by an Me 410 A-1 of the V./KG 2, flying from Schiphol airfield, the Netherlands.
The Me 410 was on a Fernnachtjagd operation to the Cambridge area.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?10825-Stirling-W7455-7-Sept-1943

Revision history:

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05-Sep-2018 12:17 TigerTimon Added

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