ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244833
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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:02 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1660 |
| MSN: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Duisburg-Meiderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 18:02 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg.
The aircraft was coned by the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 409 and was hit by the leichte Heimat 22./VI Flak unit.
Those who perished rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
(Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1660
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 |
| 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 |
| 21 December 1942 | BK386 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Matignicourt-Goncourt, Marne département | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 18:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
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