ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244714
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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:16 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BF400 |
| MSN: | AA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ankum, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 18:17 hrs for a bombing operation against Fallersleben, Wolfsburg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Walter Milius, Feldwebel Werner Blasius & Oberfeldwebel Ernst Maass of the 1./NJG 3 based at Vechta airfield, who were flying a Dornier Do 217 J-1.
The crew of seven rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BF400
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
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| 23 June 1943 | BK810 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Geijsterseweg road, Oostrum, Limburg |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2020 18:58 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Jan-2021 10:46 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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