ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235035
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| Date: | Saturday 27 December 1941 |
| Time: | 20:15 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1115 |
| MSN: | SR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 17:00 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Streib & Feldwebel Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
All six crew members rest in Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1115
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 October 1941 | T2846 | 101 Sqn RAF | 0 | Beeck, Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 1 August 1942 | BJ841 | 101 Sqn RAF | 5 | Titz, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 18 August 1942 | BJ844 | 101 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea off English coast |  |
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| 25 August 1942 | Z1594 | 101 Sqn RAF | 2 | Ougrée, Seraing, Liège |  |
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| 28 August 1942 | BJ698 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea |  |
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| 28 August 1942 | X3754 | 101 Sqn RAF | 4 | Cheratte, Visé, Liège | |
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| 5 September 1942 | BJ891 | 101 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Friesland |  |
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| 7 September 1942 | BJ769 | 101 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland | |
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| 20 September 1942 | BJ689 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | Novion-Porcien, Ardennes |  |
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| 21 September 1942 | X3815 | 101 Sqn RAF | 3 | Spandet moor, near Ribe, Syddanmark |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2020 16:26 | TigerTimon | Added |
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