ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243761
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| Date: | Saturday 17 June 1944 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Short Stirling B Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 199 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | LJ531 |
| MSN: | EX-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF North Creake, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 22:19 hrs for a electronic warfare operation, to provide a Mandrel screen (airborne electrical jamming of Luftwaffe ground-based early warning radars) in support of the RAF Bomber Command Sterkrade/Holten raid.
The aircraft disappeared over the sea. Probably, it was shot down by Unteroffizier Josef Ottrin (Bordfunker to Feldwebel Trenke) of the 6./KG 51, who used the 13 mm MG 131 defensive armament in an offensive manner (4-mot | sea 70-80 km N. Ostende (22:25): 4.500 metres | 02:00 hrs).
The Luftwaffe crew had taken off from Soesterberg airfield (the Netherlands) in a Messerschmitt Me 410 A-1/U2 for an armed reconnaisance of the London area.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=LJ531
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2020 11:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2020 11:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2020 11:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2024 10:50 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 04-Apr-2024 11:01 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, Operator] |
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