Accident Short Stirling Mk I W7621, Sunday 4 April 1943
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Date:Sunday 4 April 1943
Time:23:30
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF
Registration: W7621
MSN: BU-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Dobersdorfer See lake, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Chedburgh
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Hit by radar-directed Flak and crashed in flames into the Dobersdorfer See.

Target: Kiel
Call Sign: BU-G
Takeoff time: 20:21
Crew:
Sgt John Broderick, 1254086, Air Gunner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 4 April 1943, Aged 22
Sgt Kenneth Reginald Burton DFM, 1385331, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 4 April 1943, Aged 20
Sgt George Henry Joseph Cash, 1334740, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 4 April 1943, Aged 21
Sgt Albert John Gordon, 1376471, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 4 April 1943, Aged 29
Sgt Edward McGloin, 1560563, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 4 April 1943, Aged 20
Sgt Harry Michael Parsons, 1332551, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, Aged 25
Sgt James Hill Strathearn, 996460, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Nationality : United Kingdom, KIA 4 April 1943, Aged 23

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/stirling/20356-W76211943-04-05.html
http://www.214squadron.org.uk/crews_and_losses_stirling.htm
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
04-Apr-2018 07:02 TigerTimon Added
06-Oct-2018 06:21 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
03-Nov-2019 11:14 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
04-Apr-2020 20:22 TB Updated [Other fatalities, Location, ]
17-May-2021 10:20 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, ]
17-May-2021 10:20 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, ]

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