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Date: | Saturday 28 June 1941 |
Time: | 01:51 LT |
Type: | Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z6561 |
MSN: | ZA-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Baltic Sea off Schönberger Strand, Schönberg, Schleswig-Holstein -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:32 LT for an operation to Bremen, Germany.
Hit and crippled by heavy Flak of the 1. Marine-Flak-Regiment south of Kiel. Flew north and ditched some time later in the Baltic Sea.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/gregory-norman-john.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
26-Jun-2019 07:36 |
TigerTimon |
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26-Jun-2019 07:37 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Location] |
26-Jun-2019 09:57 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |