Stirling BK599 Mk. l - Bombing Kiel Germany - 1942-10-13 to 1942-10-13
Squadron: 214 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-10-13
Completion Date: 1942-10-13
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Kiel Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Chedburgh
Take Off Time: 18:45
Squadron Code: BU-R
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: crashing near Felde, Schleswig-Holstein
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flakfighter
Flak Battery: 6.Mar.Fla.Abt.251 / 4 x 10.5cm at Hohenschulen
Enemy Claim: Oberfeldwebel Karl Fleischmann of the 6/NJG 3
War Diary Unavailable
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214 Federated Malay States Squadron RAF (Ultor In Umbris) RAF Chedburgh. Stirling I aircraft BK 599 BU-R was coned by searchlights, struck by flak and attacked by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Karl Fleischmann of the 6/NJG 3, crashing near Felde, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Only two of the crew of seven managed to bale before the crash

Davison, Phalempin, Dempsay, Cameron, and Murray had previously survived the ditching of #22 Operational Training Unit Wellington Ic aircraft X 9701 LT-D 1942-06-25 returning from an operation over Germany. They survived adrift in their dinghy for several days until picked by air-sea rescue until 1942-07-01

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