Accident Short Stirling Mk III EE884, Thursday 18 November 1943
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Date:Thursday 18 November 1943
Time:20:30 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk III
Owner/operator:218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF
Registration: EE884
MSN: HA-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Hofheim, Lampertheim and Bobstadt, Bürstadt, Hessen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Downham Market, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Coned by searchlights, hit by Flak.

Target: Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
Takeoff time: 17:15
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE884

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EE884

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Nov-2018 10:39 TigerTimon Added
19-Nov-2018 11:24 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ]

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