Accident Short Stirling Mk I N3659, Wednesday 13 August 1941
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Date:Wednesday 13 August 1941
Time:00:49 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic strl model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Short Stirling Mk I
Owner/operator:15 Sqn RAF
Registration: N3659
MSN: LS-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 7
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Berxen, Bruchhausen-Vilsen, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Berlin.
The aircraft was hit by heavy Flak from two Reserve-Flak-Abteilungen and crashed.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=N3659
Google Maps

Revision history:

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