Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic R1341,
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Date:Wednesday 13 August 1941
Time:00:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: R1341
MSN: WS-Z
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Grafel and Anderlingen, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honington, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 21:20 hrs for an operation to Hannover in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Feldwebel Kalinowski and Unteroffizier Zwickl of the 6./NJG 1 (based at Stade airfield), who were flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FP.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1341
Google Maps

Revision history:

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