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Date: | Thursday 13 August 1942 |
Time: | 01:12 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
Registration: | Z1404 |
MSN: | UV-J |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Eisden, Maasmechelen, Limburg -
Belgium
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 22:08 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Rudolf Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
All five crew members rest in the Heverlee War Cemetery at Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-z1404-bij-eisden http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1404 Google Maps
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