Incident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3753,
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Date:Sunday 26 April 1942
Time:00:04 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:101 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3753
MSN: SR-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Unknown
Location:North Sea NW of Ameland, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:operation - Rostock, Germany
Narrative:
Outward-bound and in excellent visibility with no moon, attacked twice by a Bf 110 at 00:03 and 00:06 hrs over Terschelling, rear gunner wounded and aircraft extensively damaged, bombs jettisoned and returned to base, landed safely.

The attacker has been identified as Leutnant Lothar Linke of the 5./NJG 2 based at Leeuwarden airfield.

The Wimpey crew praised their captain for his coolness, skill and efficiency during the whole period. Also, a high standard of co-operation and team work was displayed by the crew.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://aircrewremembered.com/llewelyn-brinley.html

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
22-Apr-2022 08:08 TigerTimon Added
22-Apr-2022 08:10 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
13-Jun-2022 08:15 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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