ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235039
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| Date: | Saturday 27 December 1941 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z9210 |
| MSN: | GE-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Repelerstraße street in Moers, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 16:57 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak.
The crew members all rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z9210
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1940 | N1470 | 58 Sqn RAF | 3 | New Farm, ½ a mile north of RAF Linton on Ouse, England |  |
w/o |
| 15 January 1941 | N1521 | 58 Sqn RAF | 5 | Zwanenwater (lake), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 8 September 1941 | Z6836 | 58 Sqn RAF | 5 | west of Neuenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (claim location) | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2020 17:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
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