ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244621
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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1942 |
| Time: | 23:48 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ842 |
| MSN: | KO-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Signy-Signets, Seine-et-Marne département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 18:40 hrs for a bombing operation against Stuttgart in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Karl Kamp of the 7./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Juvincourt airfield.
Two crew members did not survive. Three were taken prisoner of war. The pilot managed to evade capture.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=5542
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 July 1941 | R1502 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | between Abbekerk and Onderdijk (Wervershoof), Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 28 March 1942 | X3341 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | woods at Klecken, Rosengarten, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2020 19:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
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