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Date: | Friday 28 August 1942 |
Time: | 00:42 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | Z1396 |
MSN: | QT-B |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Erika, Haren, Ems, Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 20:42 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Hessen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Altendorf (Flugzeugführer), Unteroffizier Rösner (Bordfunker) & Feldwebel Holst (Beobachter) of the 2./NJG 3, who were flying Bf 110 E-2 D5+EK from Vechta airfield.
The crew all rest in the Hannover War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1396 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
19-May-2020 14:18 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
27-Jun-2022 08:52 |
Ron Averes |
Updated [Location] |