ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239753
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:37 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK711 |
| MSN: | OJ-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Lakenheath, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 19:40 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
The aircraft was shot up by 'Wilde Sau' pilot Hauptmann Friedrich Karl Müller of the Stab/JG 300, who was flying a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A.
Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK711
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 May 1942 | N3752 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | ”Risegård” farm at Rise, Rødekro, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1942 | R9330 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Lakenheath |  |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | BK799 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer, Makkumerwaard off Makkum, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 29 June 1943 | EE880 | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF | 5 | Haldertstraat, Houwaart, Tielt-Winge, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 08:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
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