ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235894
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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:47 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9328 |
| MSN: | MG-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Elbe river near Brunsbüttelkoog, Brunsbüttel (Schleswig-Holstein) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:50 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
The aircraft was caught in the combined fire from a schwere Flak-Abteilung and two Marine-Flak-Abteilungen.
Three crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9328
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1941 | N6035 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | near the Jillesweg road, Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | N3716 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Langerbruggestraat, Ghent, East Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | R9262 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | near La Folie, Fraillicourt, Ardennes 08 |  |
w/o |
| 11 March 1943 | W7617 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Minaucourt-le-Mesnil-lès-Hurlus, Marne département | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2020 18:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
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