ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 264575
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 September 1943 |
| Time: | 22:50 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 218 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF139 |
| MSN: | HA-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Lauenau, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 19:00 hrs (local time) for an operation against Hannover.
The aircraft was damaged by Leutnant Robert Wolf of the 3./NJG 5, flying a Bf 110 from Stendal airfield.
The rear gunner stated after the war that his aircraft had been brought down due to being hit by incendiaries just after bombing.
Note: also coned by a searchlight.
Those who did not survive rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EF139&qand=1943-09-22&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Google Maps
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG5.htm
218 Sqn war records from The National Archives UK
Personnel files of all 5 RCAF crewmembers from Ancestry.ca (Archives Canada)
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=EF139
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2198619
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2074634
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2101042
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2101409
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 November 1943 | EE884 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 6 | between Hofheim, Lampertheim and Bobstadt, Bürstadt, Hessen | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jun-2021 17:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Oct-2023 14:19 | tachel | Updated |
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