ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235988
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Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
Time: | 01:45 claim |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
Registration: | DV736 |
MSN: | F2 (call sign) |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Dilsen-Stokkem, Limburg -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:39 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wandam & Feldwebel Schöpke of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
None of the six crew members survived the crash. They were initially buried at Brustem.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-dv736-bij-dilsen http://www.aircrewremembered.com/vickers-edger-henry.html Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
13-May-2020 10:36 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
26-Jun-2022 03:10 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
15-Nov-2022 05:06 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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