Accident Short Stirling Mk I N6069,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235922
 
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Date:Wednesday 29 July 1942
Time:00:48 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:1651 CU RAF
Registration: N6069
MSN: BS-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 30 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for an operation to Hamburg in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
The crew are all 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=N6069
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-May-2020 10:47 TigerTimon Added
19-Mar-2021 18:28 Froome Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Jun-2022 23:48 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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