ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235813
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:01 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | Z1462 |
| MSN: | UV-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wielen, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 23:51 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) Wielen, 27 km NW Nordhorn (4 A) at 02:01 hrs.
Three did not survive; they rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1462
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1942 | Z1391 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 3 | near Dreux, Eure-et-Loir 28 |  |
w/o |
| 3 July 1942 | Z1470 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 4 | IJsselmeer N of Urk, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2020 15:29 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Jun-2022 14:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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