Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic X9705,
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Date:Sunday 7 September 1941
Time:23:08
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:149 (East India) Sqn RAF
Registration: X9705
MSN: DJ-J
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Lünten, Vreden, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 20:15 hrs for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Lt. Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9705
Google Maps
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/air81/index.php?qname=&qcntry=&cur=4150&qunit=&qnum=&qmem=&qdate=1941

Revision history:

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