ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 16211
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Date: | Tuesday 8 April 1941 |
Time: | 21:55 LT |
Type: | 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
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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/time | Contributor | Updates |
21-Mar-2008 06:25 |
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21-Mar-2008 08:12 |
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27-Apr-2008 12:34 |
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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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