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| Date: | Friday 2 October 1942 |
| Time: | 21:47 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK271 |
| MSN: | KO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Haldern, Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 18:45 hrs local time for an operation to Krefeld.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
All five rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK271
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2020 08:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
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