ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236320
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| Date: | Thursday 3 September 1942 |
| Time: | 05:00 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8529 |
| MSN: | PH-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bois de Léglantiers woods at Léglantiers, Oise département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:52 hrs local time for an operation to Karlsruhe in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberfeldwebel Bruno Eikmeier & Unteroffizier Helmut Fischer of the 2./NJG 1 (detached to 9./NJG 4), who had taken off from Juvincourt airfield at 03:03 hrs in Bf 110 G9+CK.
The two who did not survive rest in the Marissel French national cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=3805
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1942 | W5458 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing - North Sea |  |
mis |
| 14 September 1942 | Z8523 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Barrien, Syke, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2020 19:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
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