ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236456
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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:46 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9166 |
| MSN: | BU-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Weserwehr at Bremen-Hemelingen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 00:37 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
The crew was initially buried in the Vechta (Russian) cemetery. Today, five of the crew rest in the Rheinberg war cemetery in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9166
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 June 1942 | W7537 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 5 | Süstedt, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1942 | BF330 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea N of Terschelling, Friesland |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2020 12:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-May-2020 12:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location] |
| 23-Mar-2021 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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