ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224953
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| Date: | Sunday 11 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:52 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1379 |
| MSN: | KO-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 22:17 LT for an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by the combined fire of a Bf 110 night fighter (flown by Leutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6./NJG 1), machine gun defences of Seefliegerhorst (seaplane station) Tönning and light Flak of the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 770 (o) and crash-landed. The pilot was killed.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/anderson-john.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | R1798 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Drachtstercompagnie, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 30 September 1941 | X9673 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Hittfeld railway station, Seevetal, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | X3596 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | IJsselmeer 3.5 km W of Urk, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 22 July 1942 | X3750 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 6 October 1942 | BK313 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2019 21:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
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