ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 224988
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| Date: | Monday 12 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:14 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1462 |
| MSN: | BU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Harksheide, Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
On an operation to Hamburg, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1462
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1940 | T2559 | 214 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Halle, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 23 November 1940 | T2471 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea, prob NW of Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland | |
mis |
| 10 May 1941 | R1447 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 0 | Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1942 | Z8805 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Rheinkilometer 667 at Niederkassel-Lülsdorf; Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | HF856 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Gelsenkirchen-Hüllen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 April 1942 | DV768 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Kieler Aussenförde | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2019 15:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:32 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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