ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234981
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8903 |
| MSN: | DX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea probably off Alkmaar, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 20:05 hrs local time for a Rover patrol (searchlight-suppression).
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Bergen airfield. He claimed a 'Wellington' shot down over the North Sea west of Alkmaar, Noord-Holland.
The six crew members are all missing in action.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z8903
http://www.associations.rafinfo.org.uk/code_names.htm
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1941 | R1369 | 57 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea off Friesland | |
w/o |
| 16 March 1942 | X3599 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Thomas Mountain County Down Northern Ireland |  |
w/o |
| 26 March 1942 | X3665 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | Z1654 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Großenaspe, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | X3653 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Lemwerder, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | Z1650 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2020 20:28 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Apr-2020 20:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2020 07:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 08:04 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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