ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141402
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| Date: | Sunday 23 April 1944 |
| Time: | 04:00 approx |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle ST.II |
| Owner/operator: | 42 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | V1610 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Lowestoft, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Ashbourne, Derbyshire |
Takeoff at 02:30 hrs for a night training flight.
The aircraft was set on fire by intruder pilot Unteroffizier Walter Brügel of the 4./KG 51, who was flying an Me 410 A-1/U2 from an airfield in the Netherlands. Two of the crew managed to escape by parachute before the aircraft crashed.
Sources:
No Place for Chivalry page 158
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part two
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft T1000 - V9999, published 1997
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Jan-2012 07:24 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 29-Oct-2019 13:31 | Uli Elch | Updated [Location, Phase, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2020 20:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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