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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 21:30 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9628 |
| MSN: | AA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Schaephuysen (Rheurdt) - Tönisberg (Kempen); Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Operation - Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Dimter & Gefreiter Hübner of the Stab I./NJG 1, who had taken off from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Sergeant R.J. Rugg succumbed to his injuries on the 15th of November.
For the rest of the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9628
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2020 05:24 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 11-Jan-2021 10:52 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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