ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236137
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| Date: | Friday 21 August 1942 |
| Time: | 00:48 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF319 |
| MSN: | HA-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Langwedel, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Downham Market, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 20:20 hrs local time for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights of the Marine-Flak-Abteilungen 241 & 251 and hit by the Marine-Flak-Abteilungen 241, 251 & 281 and by the 1. & 2./schwere Flak-Abteilung 161; crashed in flames 2 km northeast of Langwedel.
All seven crew members rest in the Hamburg (Ohlsdorf) cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF319
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1942 | W7535 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 8 | Colombes, Hauts-de-Seine département |  |
w/o |
| 3 July 1942 | N3718 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea west of Zuid-Holland |  |
mis |
| 10 September 1942 | BF351 | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF | 7 | Sint Philipsland, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-May-2020 11:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Mar-2021 21:00 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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