Squadron: (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1944-07-29
Completion Date: 1944-07-29
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Stuttgart Germany
Target Specific:
Base: Skellingthorpe
Take Off Time: 22.18
Squadron Code: QR T
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: between Oberseebach (now Seebach) and Nierderseebach, France
Crash Specifics:
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
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STUTTGART 494 Lancasters and 2 Mosquitoes of 1, 3, 5 and 8 Groups in the last raid of the current series on this target. German fighters intercepted the bomber stream while over France on the outward flight; there was a bright moon and 39 Lancasters were shot down, 7Ã"šÃ‚·9 per cent of the force.source: The Bomber Command War Diaries, Martin Middlebrook and Chris Everitt
