ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235936
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | 03:05 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1650 |
| MSN: | DX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 22:45 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Unteroffizier Willi Nicke & Feldwebel Alois Dierckes of the 2./NJG 3, who had taken off from Vechta airfield in Bf 110 D5+DK.
All six rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1650
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1941 | R1369 | 57 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z8903 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea probably off Alkmaar, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 16 March 1942 | X3599 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Thomas Mountain County Down Northern Ireland |  |
w/o |
| 26 March 1942 | X3665 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | Z1654 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Großenaspe, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | X3653 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Lemwerder, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 14:40 | TigerTimon | Added |
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