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| Date: | Friday 26 February 1943 |
| Time: | 00:44 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF410 |
| MSN: | WP-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sandweier, Baden-Baden, Baden-Württemberg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ridgewell |
Takeoff at 20:39 hrs local time for an operation against Nürnberg in Bayern.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hermann Greiner of the III./Nachtjagdschule 1, flying from Echterdingen airfield.
Those who perished rest in the Durnbach War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One by Theo Boiten
http://ww2.dk/air/schule/njs1.htm
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF410&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2018 15:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 14-Apr-2018 19:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2018 19:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Operator, ] |
| 17-May-2021 09:23 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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