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| Date: | Monday 26 July 1943 |
| Time: | 01:20 |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK686 |
| MSN: | BU-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 8 / Occupants: 8 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Essen-Borbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chedburgh |
Claimed shot down by two Luftwaffe pilots (Unteroffizier Wolfgang Knobloch and Feldwebel Horst Heinstein, both of the 5./JG Herrmann, flying an Fw 190 A-6 from Rheine airfield) and by heavy Flak. None of these claims have been confirmed by the Luftwaffe.
Takeoff time: 22:45
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK686
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK686
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Jagdgeschwader/Inhalt.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2018 12:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jan-2019 13:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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