ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236133
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| Date: | Wednesday 19 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:48 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W7618 |
| MSN: | HA-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea west of Esbjerg, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 21:07 hrs local time for an operation to Flensburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot up by the night fighter crew of Unteroffizier Friedel Krause & Unteroffizier Heinrich Wilting of the 8./NJG 1 (detached to 5./NJG 3), who were flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+DS from Schleswig airfield in Germany.
Two crew members were killed during the attack, and two more lost their lives when they did not manage to get clear of the aircraft after it had been ditched.
On August 22 at 15:30 hours the dinghy was observed from the Danish fishing boat E 28 “Dania” of Esbjerg on a position 21 miles to the north west of Gasbøjen (the entrance to Esbjerg harbour).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W7618
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194248.shtml
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| 20 August 1942 | W7573 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | near Brodersby, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2020 10:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2021 20:56 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Operator] |
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