ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235007
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 20:40 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9212 |
| MSN: | DY-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wildenrath, Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 17:28 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights for 3 minutes and shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Carstens & Unteroffizier Meyer of the 7./NJG 1 (detached to I./NJG 1), who had taken off from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands at 20:09 hrs, in Bf 110 G9+DR.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9212
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1941 | Z6866 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 0 | Maurik, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 1 September 1941 | Z6837 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 5 | Molenstede, Diest, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
| 30 November 1941 | Z6800 | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF | 4 | south of Klein Königsförde, Krummwisch, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2020 05:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Apr-2020 05:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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