Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK386,

ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244848

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Date:	Monday 21 December 1942
Time:	23:13 LT
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:	156 Sqn RAF
Registration:	BK386
MSN:	GT-?
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Matignicourt-Goncourt, Marne département - France
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 16:55 hrs for a bombing operation against München in Germany.

Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Juvincourt airfield.

All five rest in the local cemetery.

Sources:

http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=12
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

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3 June 1942 DV786 156 Sqn RAF 5 Brussegem, Merchtem, Flemish Brabant w/o

29 July 1942 BJ592 156 Sqn RAF 6 Vierzigstücker Moor at Neuenfelde, Hamburg w/o

12 August 1942 Z1595 156 Sqn RAF 6 Coutisse, Andenne, Namur w/o

12 August 1942 X3798 156 Sqn RAF 2 Tildonk, Haacht, Flemish Brabant w/o

27 August 1942 X3367 156 Sqn RAF 6 Epe, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

27 August 1942 DF667 156 Sqn RAF 5 Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

29 August 1942 X3728 156 Sqn RAF 5 Perk, Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant w/o

20 September 1942 BJ883 156 Sqn RAF 0 Abbeville area, Somme département, Hauts-de-France w/o

14 October 1942 BJ775 156 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea w/o

15 October 1942 BK339 156 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea mis

22 November 1942 X3672 156 Sqn RAF 3 Le Chanet, Argançon, Aube département w/o

20 December 1942 Z1660 156 Sqn RAF 2 near Duisburg-Meiderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

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12-Nov-2020 20:31 TigerTimon Added

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3 June 1942	DV786	156 Sqn RAF	5	Brussegem, Merchtem, Flemish Brabant	w/o
29 July 1942	BJ592	156 Sqn RAF	6	Vierzigstücker Moor at Neuenfelde, Hamburg	w/o
12 August 1942	Z1595	156 Sqn RAF	6	Coutisse, Andenne, Namur	w/o
12 August 1942	X3798	156 Sqn RAF	2	Tildonk, Haacht, Flemish Brabant	w/o
27 August 1942	X3367	156 Sqn RAF	6	Epe, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen	w/o
27 August 1942	DF667	156 Sqn RAF	5	Nordrhein-Westfalen	w/o
29 August 1942	X3728	156 Sqn RAF	5	Perk, Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant	w/o
20 September 1942	BJ883	156 Sqn RAF	0	Abbeville area, Somme département, Hauts-de-France	w/o
14 October 1942	BJ775	156 Sqn RAF	3	North Sea	w/o
15 October 1942	BK339	156 Sqn RAF	5	North Sea	mis
22 November 1942	X3672	156 Sqn RAF	3	Le Chanet, Argançon, Aube département	w/o
20 December 1942	Z1660	156 Sqn RAF	2	near Duisburg-Meiderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen	w/o