ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234349
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| Date: | Sunday 7 September 1941 |
| Time: | 00:56 claim |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6668 |
| MSN: | KN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Quakenbrück, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:04 local time for an operation to a chemical factory at Hüls (Krefeld) in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Richard Philipp of the 9./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
All of the crew rest in Rheinberg War Cemetery in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6668
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1941 | Z6799 | 77 Sqn RAF | 4 | a wood near Orvelte, Drenthe |  |
w/o |
| 30 September 1941 | Z9150 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | near the Levensauer Hochbrücke at Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 30 November 1941 | Z9299 | 77 Sqn RAF | 4 | Georgsheil, Südbrookmerland, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1941 | Z9226 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | Viersen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 27 December 1941 | Z6956 | 77 Sqn RAF | 1 | southeast of Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 13 March 1942 | Z9312 | 77 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2020 15:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
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