Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK313,
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Date:Tuesday 6 October 1942
Time:23:22 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: BK313
MSN: KO-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 19:01 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Osnabrück in Niedersachsen.

The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Krause, Unteroffizier Otto Zinn & Unteroffizier Fritz Specht of the Stab I./NJG 3, who had taken off from Rheine airfield at 21:40 hrs, in Dornier Do 217J D5+LH.

The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK313
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
11 May 1941 R1379 115 Sqn RAF 1 near Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
8 September 1941 R1798 115 Sqn RAF 6 near Drachtstercompagnie, Friesland w/o
30 September 1941 X9673 115 Sqn RAF 6 near Hittfeld railway station, Seevetal, Niedersachsen w/o
13 April 1942 X3596 115 Sqn RAF 6 IJsselmeer 3.5 km W of Urk, Overijssel w/o
22 July 1942 X3750 115 Sqn RAF 5 Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Oct-2020 20:40 TigerTimon Added
29-Oct-2022 16:24 Anon. Updated [Location]

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