ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234358
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| Date: | Monday 8 September 1941 |
| Time: | 00:47 claim |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 58 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6836 |
| MSN: | GE-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | west of Neuenkirchen, Nordrhein-Westfalen (claim location) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:14 local time for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Ludolf Schmitz of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo 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=Z6836
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 September 1940 | N1470 | 58 Sqn RAF | 3 | New Farm, ½ a mile north of RAF Linton on Ouse, England |  |
w/o |
| 15 January 1941 | N1521 | 58 Sqn RAF | 5 | Zwanenwater (lake), Callantsoog, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 27 December 1941 | Z9210 | 58 Sqn RAF | 5 | Repelerstraße street in Moers, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Mar-2020 19:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
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