Accident Short Stirling Mk I W7438,
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Date:Friday 29 August 1941
Time:04:08 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:7 Sqn RAF
Registration: W7438
MSN: MG-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Kaarst, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation / Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen
The aircraft was coned by searchlights & hit by Flak.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7438
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 July 1941 N6017 7 Sqn RAF 7 sea near Boulogne-sur-Mer, Pas-de-Calais 62 w/o

Revision history:

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21-Mar-2020 15:36 TigerTimon Added

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