ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 279874
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can
submit corrected information.
Date: | Thursday 8 February 1945 |
Time: | 00:21 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk XIII |
Owner/operator: | 69 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | NC573 |
MSN: | -Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Berg, Kampenhout, Flemish Brabant -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | B.58 Melsbroek |
Destination airport: | B.58 Melsbroek |
Narrative:Operation - reconnaissance.
At 00:21 hrs, on approach to the airfield, hit by Hauptmann Heinz Rökker of 2./NJG 2, flying Ju 88 G-6 4R+CK from Twente airfield in the Netherlands, using one burst of Schräge Musik.
Crashed some five minutes later at Berg.
Those who perished rest in the Brussels Town Centre Cemetery.
See Aircrew Remembered for more details.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1945
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/tinker-walter-ross.html Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
26 June 1942 |
X9812 |
1481 (TT & G) Flt RAF |
5 |
North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
30-Jun-2022 08:29 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
30-Jun-2022 08:30 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
05-Nov-2022 09:03 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation