Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IV Z1399,
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Date:Sunday 26 July 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IV
Owner/operator:460 Sqn RAAF
Registration: Z1399
MSN: UV-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:great target area - Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:03 hrs for an operation to Duisburg.
The aircraft was shot down by the Luftwaffe, either by Flak or by a Bf 110 in the hands of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1 flying from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands; crashed in the Duisburg - Moers area. All crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1399
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-May-2020 15:09 TigerTimon Added
08-May-2020 15:21 TigerTimon Updated [Location, Narrative]

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