ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244710
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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK336 |
| MSN: | KO-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grafeld, Berge, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 17:33 hrs for a bombing operation against Fallersleben, Wolfsburg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Walter Milius, Feldwebel Werner Blasius & Oberfeldwebel Ernst Maass of the 1./NJG 3 based at Vechta airfield, who were flying a Dornier Do 217 J-1.
The crew of five rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK336
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 July 1941 | R1063 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea off Schiermonnikoog, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1941 | T2563 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | Smith's Farm at Scottow, near Norwich, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | Z1624 | 115 Sqn RAF | 2 | IJsselmeer 10 km SW of Lemmer, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | X3675 | 115 Sqn RAF | 3 | Rue du Condroz, Grand-Hallet, Hannuit, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 22 September 1942 | BJ962 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2020 18:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
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