ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236364
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Date: | Saturday 5 September 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
Registration: | BJ602 |
MSN: | VR-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea off Friesland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Topcliffe, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:40 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
The Luftwaffe pilot claimed three Wellingtons destroyed at 04:15, 04:45 & 05:09 hrs.
All five crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ602 Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
9 May 1942 |
X3840 |
419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
1 |
just to the north of Rejsby, Skærbæk, Syddanmark |
|
w/o |
14 July 1942 |
X3416 |
419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
5 |
Missing |
|
mis |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-May-2020 09:19 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
15-Jun-2022 16:49 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |
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