ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236031
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| Date: | Thursday 6 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:06 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3360 |
| MSN: | VR-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bedburg-Hau, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
All crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3360
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 September 1942 | X3711 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Warnant, Anhée, Namur |  |
w/o |
| 5 October 1942 | BJ729 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Meerssenerweg, Maastricht, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-May-2020 19:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
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