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Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1941 |
Time: | 01:54 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 104 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W5443 |
MSN: | EP-T |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Klüverdamm, Oyten, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Driffield, Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 21:36 LT for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by several Flak units & crashed and exploded.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5443 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Feb-2020 20:06 |
TigerTimon |
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