ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244598
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| Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
| Time: | 20:06 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 420 (Snowy Owl) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z1679 |
| MSN: | PT-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off Sylt island, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Middleton St George, County Durham |
Takeoff at 17:53 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was hit by Marine Flak and 2./leichte Flak-Abteilung 836 (o).
There were no survivors amongst the crew. Four of them are still missing in action.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1679
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 October 1942 | X3808 | 420 (City of London) Sqn RCAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Nov-2020 19:44 | TigerTimon | Added |
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