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| Date: | Monday 6 September 1943 |
| Time: | 00:20 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 90 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | EF129 |
| MSN: | WP-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Limburgerhof, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wratting Common, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 19:37 hrs local time for an operation against Mannheim & Ludwigshafen.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Heinz Höppner & Unteroffizier Alfons Löw of the 6./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 G-4.
The Messerschmitt was hit in the engagement, too. The Luftwaffe crew was forced to return to Wiesbaden-Erbenheim airfield on one engine.
All seven crew members rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=EF129
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Aug-2020 07:20 | TigerTimon | Added |
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