ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236136
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| Date: | Thursday 20 August 1942 |
| Time: | 23:58 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF338 |
| MSN: | HA-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoffnungsthal, Goosefeld, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 20:15 hrs local time for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by light Flak, both of the Marine-Flak-Abteilungen 211 & 251.
The Stirling was set on fire and destroyed in a failed crash-landing near Marienthal-Lehmsieck. Six of the crew and four German civilians were killed at the crash site.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF338
Google Maps
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=BF338
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 June 1942 | W7530 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 3 | NW of Wognum, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 2 September 1942 | N3714 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 5 | Sterrebeek, Zaventem, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | N3763 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Sankt Hubertus, Groß Grönau, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 31 August 1943 | EE903 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | 6 km south of Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2020 11:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 18-May-2020 11:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2021 20:57 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 21-Feb-2022 08:34 | redsix1 | Updated [Source] |
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