ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236238
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Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
Time: | 02:32 claim |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z8403 |
MSN: | PH-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea 45 km NW of Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Kassel, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Vinke of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110 from Bergen airfield.
The five crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z8403 Google Maps
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Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
20-May-2020 08:27 |
TigerTimon |
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18-Jun-2022 01:37 |
Ron Averes |
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