ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236258
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| Date: | Saturday 29 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:52 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3728 |
| MSN: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Perk, Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time for an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Ehle & Oberfeldwebel Leidenbach of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The five crew members rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3728
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 June 1942 | DV786 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Brussegem, Merchtem, Flemish Brabant | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | BJ592 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Vierzigstücker Moor at Neuenfelde, Hamburg |  |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | Z1595 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Coutisse, Andenne, Namur | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | X3798 | 156 Sqn RAF | 2 | Tildonk, Haacht, Flemish Brabant | |
w/o |
| 27 August 1942 | X3367 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Epe, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 27 August 1942 | DF667 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 20 September 1942 | BJ883 | 156 Sqn RAF | 0 | Abbeville area, Somme département, Hauts-de-France |  |
w/o |
| 14 October 1942 | BJ775 | 156 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 15 October 1942 | BK339 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea | |
mis |
| 22 November 1942 | X3672 | 156 Sqn RAF | 3 | Le Chanet, Argançon, Aube département | |
w/o |
| 20 December 1942 | Z1660 | 156 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Duisburg-Meiderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 December 1942 | BK386 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Matignicourt-Goncourt, Marne département | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-May-2020 15:15 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2022 01:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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