Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BJ841,
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Date:Saturday 1 August 1942
Time:02:03 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: BJ841
MSN: SR-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Titz, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+BC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.

All five rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ841
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
13 October 1941 T2846 101 Sqn RAF 0 Beeck, Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
27 December 1941 Z1115 101 Sqn RAF 6 near Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
18 August 1942 BJ844 101 Sqn RAF 1 North Sea off English coast w/o
25 August 1942 Z1594 101 Sqn RAF 2 Ougrée, Seraing, Liège w/o
28 August 1942 BJ698 101 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea mis
28 August 1942 X3754 101 Sqn RAF 4 Cheratte, Visé, Liège w/o
5 September 1942 BJ891 101 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea off Friesland mis
7 September 1942 BJ769 101 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland w/o
20 September 1942 BJ689 101 Sqn RAF 6 Novion-Porcien, Ardennes w/o
21 September 1942 X3815 101 Sqn RAF 3 Spandet moor, near Ribe, Syddanmark w/o

Revision history:

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