ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235984
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | 03:01 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ878 |
| MSN: | WS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hasselbeck, Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 01:23 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
All five rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ878
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 |
| 29 July 1942 | X3456 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | off the Frisian islands |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3606 | 9 Sqn RAF | 4 | Bürgerpark in Bremen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-May-2020 09:56 | TigerTimon | Added |
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