ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234313
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| Date: | Sunday 31 August 1941 |
| Time: | 23:37 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1703 |
| MSN: | SR-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boxbergstraat 1, Genk, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:14 hrs for an operation to Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight for 9 minutes & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wilhelm Dimter of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-r1703-bij-genk
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1703
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 April 1942 | X3709 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing off Lorient |  |
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2020 20:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Mar-2020 20:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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