ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236206
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| Date: | Tuesday 25 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 138 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9232 |
| MSN: | NF-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Cher River, Saint-Loup, Loir-et-Cher 41 -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Airborne on one of five separate supply drops, code-named Syringa (7,10,11,12, and 13). The a/c was operating Syringa 7; crash-landed at St-Loup following an attack by a Bf 110.
All five managed to evade capture.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9232
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 08:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Jun-2023 14:10 | Nepa | Updated |
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