ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 269378
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Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
Time: | 00:00 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 99 (Madras Presidency) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X9739 |
MSN: | LN- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Wittorf, Niedersachsen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Took off at 17:22 hrs for a bombing operation against Berlin.
The aircraft was engaged by heavy Flak and crashed.
On this night, icing conditions were present.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9739&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact Google Maps
History of this aircraft
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T2721 |
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
05-Nov-2021 13:54 |
TigerTimon |
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