ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 230358
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| Date: | Monday 26 January 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9283 |
| MSN: | DY- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea possibly off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Dalton |
Takeoff at 17:01 LT for an operation to Emden, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter of Nachtjagdgeschwader 2.
This was either
Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of the 5. Staffel, who was flying Bf 110 R4+CN from Wittmund airfield, Niedersachsen, Germany - North Sea 50 km north of Schiermonnikoog island (Schlei): 3.200 m / 20:56
or
Oberfeldwebel Heinz Strüning of the Ergänzungsstaffel (based at Gilze-Rijen airfield), who was flying a Ju 88C - no claim location / 22:30.
The five crew members are all missing in action and are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9283
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 June 1941 | Z6489 | 102 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gagelse Akkers, Waalre, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 28 June 1941 | T4269 | 102 Sqn RAF | 6 | Westerbelmhusen, Brunsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1941 | Z6576 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea 10 km west of De Kooy, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 15 August 1941 | Z6877 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Sögel, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2019 13:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-Nov-2019 15:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 05-Nov-2019 19:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Nov-2019 20:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 08:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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