Narrative:
The Lodestar was reportedly shot down by a Junkers Ju 88 of Luftwaffe 10/NJG 3, piloted by Leutnant Werner Speidel.
» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
» rafcommands.com
| Status: | |
| Date: | Sunday 4 April 1943 |
| Time: | 01:38 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18-40 Lodestar (C-56B-LO) |
| Operator: | British Overseas Airways Corporation - BOAC |
| Registration: | G-AGEJ |
| MSN: | 18-2085 |
| First flight: | 1941 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Damaged beyond repair |
| Location: | 50 km (31.3 mls) NW off Skagen, Denmark [North Sea] ( Atlantic Ocean)
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| Phase: | En route (ENR) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Stockholm-Bromma Airport (BMA/ESSB), Sweden |
| Saint Andrews-Leuchars RAF Station (ADX/EGQL), United Kingdom |
The Lodestar was reportedly shot down by a Junkers Ju 88 of Luftwaffe 10/NJG 3, piloted by Leutnant Werner Speidel.
Sources:
» RAF Nordic casuality register / by Knut Larsson» The Lockheed Twins / Peter J Marson
» rafcommands.com
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Stockholm-Bromma Airport to Saint Andrews-Leuchars RAF Station as the crow flies is 1259 km (787 miles).
Distance from Stockholm-Bromma Airport to Saint Andrews-Leuchars RAF Station as the crow flies is 1259 km (787 miles).
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