ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237099
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| Date: | Saturday 19 September 1942 |
| Time: | 00:36 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 15 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9351 |
| MSN: | LS-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Store Bælt between the island of Sprogø and Nyborg -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:05 hrs local time for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation to 'Asparagus' (The Great Belt).
While dropping mines, R9351 was hit by Flak from Sprogø and Korsør, as well as from the ship “Albrich” from Hafenschützflotille Nyborg.
R9351 started burning and crashed into the sea at 00:36 hours near the ferry M/F “Korsør” which lay anchored between the island of Sprogø and Nyborg due to air raid alarm. At 03:50 hours it was reported by Captain Tronhjem from the ferry that it had picked up a surviving airman. Shortly after he was picked up by a German boat from Korsør. After interrogation in Oberursel he was sent to Stalag Luft III Sagan.
Sources:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194256.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 March 1942 | N6094 | 15 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Wyton, Huntingdonshire, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Jun-2020 17:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
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