ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226595
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Date: | Saturday 28 June 1941 |
Time: | 01:58 LT |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | T4179 |
MSN: | ZA-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Hipstedt, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:31 hrs for an operation to Bremen.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 6./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 E-2 G9+CP from Stade airfield.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/shaw-john.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Jun-2019 18:18 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
27-Jun-2019 05:26 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
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