ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234134
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Date: | Tuesday 19 August 1941 |
Time: | 02:16 claim |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z6564 |
MSN: | ZA-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Rekem, Lanaken, Limburg -
Belgium
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:23 hrs for an operation to Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights for 5 minutes, intercepted and attacked by Oberleutnant Griese & Unteroffizier Beiam of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Sint Truiden (St Trond) airfield.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6564 Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
6 July 1941 |
Z6793 |
10 Sqn RAF |
4 |
Schuinesloot, Overijssel |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
18-Mar-2020 14:22 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
03-Dec-2021 20:40 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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