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Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1942 |
Time: | 02:40 LT |
Type: | Handley Page Halifax Mk II |
Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | W1155 |
MSN: | ZA-U |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Minor |
Location: | North Sea W of Walcheren, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Essen, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Herbert Bönsch of the Stab III./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Critical damage was prevented by diving into cloud and at 04:25 hrs, the aircraft landed. Damaged were rear gun turret, tail plane and fuselage.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W1155 Revision history:
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30-Apr-2020 18:12 |
TigerTimon |
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30-Apr-2020 18:12 |
TigerTimon |
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15-Jun-2022 16:23 |
Ron Averes |
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