ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 88998
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| Date: | Thursday 3 December 1942 |
| Time: | 04:40 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK338 |
| MSN: | KO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Monzernheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
Takeoff at 01:41 hrs for a bombing operation against Frankfurt am Main in Hessen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Paul Faden of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110.
The five crew members rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Annonces de l'Ourthe - 23/12/2010
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft BA100 - BZ999, published 2006
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK338
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 December 1940 | T2520 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | Blaen Dyffrya quarries (Cefn-y-strad) near Tredegar, Wales |  |
w/o |
| 18 May 1942 | X3644 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | NE of Pellworm Island | |
w/o |
| 22 July 1942 | X3726 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | near the Rhein (Rhine) river at Duisburg; Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | X3647 | 115 Sqn RAF | 4 | Saint-Lambert-et-Mont-de-Jeux - Attigny; Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | BK271 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Haldern, Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2011 16:03 | ThW | Added |
| 06-Sep-2011 02:17 | Uli Elch | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage] |
| 31-Jan-2012 00:42 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 12-Aug-2013 13:55 | JINX | Updated [Operator, Location] |
| 27-Apr-2015 19:30 | Anthony COX | Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location] |
| 04-Nov-2020 17:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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