ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233502
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Date: | Friday 15 August 1941 |
Time: | 00:48 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 104 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W5486 |
MSN: | EP-H |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Bremen-Woltmershausen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Driffield, Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:40 hrs (local time) for an operation to Hannover in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was hit by five Reserve-Flak-Abteilungen and exploded in mid-air.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5486 Google Maps
Revision history:
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