Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic R1713,
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Date:Saturday 21 June 1941
Time:00:20 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF
Registration: R1713
MSN: HA-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 200 km east of Spurn Head (Spurn Point, Hull), England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff for an operation to battleship Tirpitz at Kiel harbour, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Paul Bohn of the 4./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1713

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
19-Jun-2019 13:03 TigerTimon Added
21-Jun-2019 10:48 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
03-Nov-2019 11:34 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]

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