ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235938
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3488 |
| MSN: | VR-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Operation - Hamburg, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by a night fighter from Nachtjagdgeschwader 2, probably flown by Oberleutnant Schoenert & Feldwebel Richter of the 4. Staffel, who had taken off from Wittmund airfield (Germany) in Bf 110 F-4 R4+BM.
A last message was heard on w/t "Fighter wounded 500" at 02:58 hrs before it crashed into the North Sea.
Three of the crew are still missing in action. Two others rest at Kviberg Cemetery in Denmark, and one at the Kiel War Cemetery in Germany.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3488
Google Maps
Nachtjagd, The Early Years Part III, Theo Boiten p. 56
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 June 1942 | X3723 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | North Sea 5 km NW of Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 15:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 19-Feb-2022 08:44 | redsix1 | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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