Incident Vickers Wellington Mk IA P9230,
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Date:Tuesday 8 April 1941
Time:21:55 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IA
Owner/operator:311 Sqn RAF
Registration: P9230
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Location:West Tofts, Thetford, Norfolk, England -   United Kingdom
Phase: Combat
Nature:Training
Departure airport:RAF East Wretham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff for a training flight from RAF East Wretham.
Crash-landing after being substantially damaged in an encounter at 21:40 with a Junkers Ju 88C flown by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Karl Theodor Hülshoff of the Stab I./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield, the Netherlands.

Crew:
P/O (63065) Jan Hrnčíř (2.pilot-inst.) RAFVR - injured
Sgt (787166) Jaroslav Nyč (1.pilot) RAFVR - uninjured

Sources:

Na nebi hrdého Albionu - Jiří Rajlich
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C16755051

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Mar-2008 06:25 Nepa Added
21-Mar-2008 08:12 Nepa Updated
27-Apr-2008 12:34 Updated
10-Nov-2011 12:35 Nepa Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative]
06-Apr-2019 13:36 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
06-Apr-2019 13:37 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]
06-Apr-2019 13:45 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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