ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224951
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| Date: | Sunday 11 May 1941 |
| Time: | 00:36 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6010 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beverbruch, Garrel, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:11 LT for an operation to Berlin.
Near Cloppenburg, the aircraft collided with a Messerschmitt Bf 110 C-4 flown by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Heinrich Säwert of the 3./NJG 3 (based at Vechta airfield). Both aircraft crashed, the Luftwaffe pilot was the only one who survived. He bailed out with minor injuries.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N6010
Google Maps
the crash site was found by the German historian Volker Urbansky, email: v.urbansky@t-online.de
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2019 20:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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