ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244443
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK339 |
| MSN: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 19:15 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
The aircraft vanished over the North Sea. Possibly, it was intercepted by night fighter pilot Leutnant Wilhelm Beier of the 10./NJG 1, who was flying Ju 88 C-6 R4+DX from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
All five are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK339
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/LuftwaffeVictoriesByNameDatabase/?q=Beier&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
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 |
| 29 August 1942 | X3728 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Perk, Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant | |
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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 15:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-Mar-2022 20:22 | redsix1 | Updated [Source] |
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