Accident Short Stirling Mk IV LJ888, Friday 30 March 1945
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Date:Friday 30 March 1945
Time:
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk IV
Owner/operator:196 Sqn (RAF)
Registration: LJ888
MSN: ZO-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bråstad -   Norway
Phase: En route
Nature:Military
Departure airport:Shepards Grove Airfield, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Crew:
F/S Derrick Vivian Catterall
F/S George Sidney Reed
F/S Thomas Loutitt Brunton
Sgt.Paul Montefiore Myers
F/S Reginald Sergius Paul Harding Klimanek
F/S John Richard Cross

They are burried at Arendal Cemetery, Norway.

Sources:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Br%C3%A5stadskogen_-_flystyrt_04.jpg
http://www.geolocation.ws/v/W/File:Br%C3%A5stad%202.jpg/-/en
https://www.flyvrak.info/braastad.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Oct-2012 10:12 gerard57 Added
09-Jun-2024 17:11 Anon. Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative]

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