ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 239759
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:50 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 196 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EE964 |
| MSN: | ZO-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bachenau, Gundelsheim, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:00 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Rudolf Frank of the 2./NJG 3 based in Niedersachsen, the attack taking place at a height of 4800 metres.
Those who did not survive rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE964
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 08:43 | TigerTimon | Added |
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