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Re: 7 Squadron Stirling losses coded MG-D
Theo,
There is a quite comprehensive list of serials with matching codes in ‘THE STIRLING FILE’ (revised edition, 1987) by Bryce B. Gomersall published by Air-Britain. There are at least 13 Stirlings listed with the code ‘MG-D’. I assume the ‘MG-D’ you seek crashed on continental Europe, so we can discount any that crashed in the UK or the North Sea. Also any that served with other units after 7 Squadron or received a different individual letter after service as ‘D’.
That leaves us with 5 aircraft;
R9263 Crashed near Akkerwoude, Netherlands; 1-5-43.
W7436 Crashed at Plouguerneau, France; 18-12-41.
W7569 Crashed in the Ijsselmeer, near Lemmer in the Netherlands; 17-9-42.
BF379 Crashed at Fossano, Italy; 12-12-42.
EF387 Crashed at Oploo, Netherlands; 22-6-43.
There is no further detail as to level of damage or state of the wreck in this book or the relevant volumes by Bill Chorley but I hope the above helps.
Regards,
Martin.
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