ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244589
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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
| Time: | 22:42 claim |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R9169 |
| MSN: | MG-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 17:55 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Dr Horst Patuschka of the 4./NJG 2, who was flying a Junkers Ju 88 C-6.
Also claimed by Flak of 1. & 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 231, 1. & 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 163 and 1. & 2./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 247 (Stirling near Wijk aan Zee 22:42).
All seven crew members are missing in action and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R9169
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | N6046 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Polsum, Marl, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 29 September 1941 | W7441 | 7 Sqn RAF | 3 | Lillebælt strait south of the island of Brandsø (Assens, Syddanmark) |  |
w/o |
| 20 May 1942 | N6073 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | R9331 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Flint House Cambridgeshire |  |
sub |
| 14 August 1942 | W7579 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | North Sea off Nymindegab, Nørre Nebel, Syddanmark | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1943 | R9275 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | Koerich, Capellen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2020 18:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
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