Stirling N6073 Mk. I - Bombing Mannheim Germany - 1942-05-19 to 1942-05-20
Squadron: 7 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-05-19
Completion Date: 1942-05-20
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Mannheim Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Oakington
Take Off Time: 23:05
Squadron Code: MG-Y
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Rheinland-Pfalz area
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: fighter
Flak Battery:
Enemy Claim: Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Engel of the 8/NJG 4
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#7 Squadron RAF (Per diem, per noctum) RAF Oakington. Stirling I aircraft N 6073 MG-Y was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Engel of the 8/NJG 4, who was flying a Messerschmitt Bf 110. The Stirling crashed in the Rheinland-Pfalz area of Germany

Pilot Sergeant F Tomkins (RAFVR) was killed in action

FS JH Watson (RCAF), Sergeant RG Brook (RAFVR), Sergeant J Fisher (RAFVR), Sergeant FG Fueggle (RAFVR), Sergeant BVG Lewis (RAFVR) and Sergeant E Townsend (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War

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