ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226639
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| Date: | Monday 30 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:45 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N6016 |
| MSN: | LS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tangstedt, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff for an operation to Hamburg.
Coned by searchlights and hit by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1 (who was flying a Bf 110 from Stade airfield) and by Flak. Five crew members were taken prisoner of war.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N6016
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 January 1942 | N6098 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lossiemouth |  |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | N3703 | 15 Sqn RAF | 2 | Rectory Farm Cow Land Godmanchester | |
unk |
| 9 May 1942 | W7528 | 15 Sqn RAF | 8 | Brodersby, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 30 June 1942 | N3757 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | Hartward, Neuharlingersiel, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | W7576 | 15 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tienrayseweg road, Horst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 1 October 1942 | W7634 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Sylt island (near List), Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 3 October 1943 | BF470 | 15 Sqn RAF | 3 | Haste, Osnabrück, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 18 November 1943 | BK707 | 15 Sqn RAF | 7 | near Souain-Perthes-lès-Hurlus, Marne, Grand Est |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2019 09:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Jun-2019 12:11 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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