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7 Squadron Stirling losses coded MG-D
Dear all,
Who can help me with the serial numbers of all of the 7 Squadron Stirling losses coded MG-D? Cheers and thanks for any details, Theo |
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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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Re: 7 Squadron Stirling losses coded MG-D
Hello Martin,
Excellent, many thanks for these helpful details. And yes, the crash concerns the loss of a Stirling coded MG-D on the Continent, one of my German contacts has a series of crash photos that we could not tie to a known loss. Cheers, Theo |
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