ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235911
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3456 |
| MSN: | WS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off the Frisian islands -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation to Hamburg in Germany.
Probably, the aircraft was hit by Flak of the 3. Flak-Division and crashed.
Four of the five crew members are missing in action.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3456
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1941 | R1040 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Wilhelminasingel street, Maastricht, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 8 September 1941 | Z8845 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Bruggelaan road at Terwispel, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 6 January 1942 | X3388 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 24 July 1942 | Z1577 | 9 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | BJ878 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hasselbeck, Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 08:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
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