Accident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5459,
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Date:Monday 30 June 1941
Time:01:52 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: W5459
MSN: KO-L
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Hamburg-Altenwerder -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:14 hrs for an operation to Bremen.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Walter Ehle of the Stab II./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Stade airfield.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5459

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 July 1942 X3412 115 Sqn RAF 0 Wadden Sea N of Butjadingen, Niedersachsen w/o
5 September 1942 BJ771 115 Sqn RAF 0 Papenburg-Obenende, Ems, Niedersachsen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Jun-2019 08:55 TigerTimon Added
28-Jun-2019 12:08 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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