ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235701
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:14 claim |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 206 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | AM606 |
| MSN: | VX-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baltic Sea off Rügen, Pommern -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Donna Nook, Lincolnshire |
Operation - third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Heinrich 'Kegel' König of the 8./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 from Stade airfield in Niedersachsen.
W/C Cooke, F/Sgt McGlynn and P/O Watson, from Winnipeg, all rest in Hamburg Cemetery, while S/L Crook and F/Sgt Hubbard lie in Kiel War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://forum.12oclockhigh.net/archive/index.php?t-17779.html
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?9977-Lost-206-Sqn-Hudsons-June-25-1942
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-May-2020 22:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-May-2020 23:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 04-Jul-2022 03:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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