ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235975
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Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 27 OTU RAF |
Registration: | R1526 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Lichfield, Staffordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:27 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was probably hit by heavy (schwere) Flak and (also probably) crashed at Bracht.
The crew all rest at the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1526 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-May-2020 08:53 |
TigerTimon |
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13-May-2020 08:54 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Narrative] |
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