ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233040
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| Date: | Saturday 9 August 1941 |
| Time: | 00:44 claim |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6815 |
| MSN: | ZA- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 21:54 hrs for an operation to Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6815
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1941 | P5055 | 10 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Todendorf, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 28 June 1941 | P5016 | 10 Sqn RAF | 4 | Klein Hansdorf, Jersbek, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 1 July 1941 | Z6584 | 10 Sqn RAF | 2 | near Thetford, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Feb-2020 12:38 | TigerTimon | Added |
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