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Date: | Tuesday 13 October 1942 |
Time: | 22:25 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | BJ653 |
MSN: | PH-R |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Lintrup, Syddanmark -
Denmark
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 18:36 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Kiel in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by the 1./4./Flak-Abteilung 306, hit a dyke and crashed into a turnip field.
The five crew members had escaped by parachute and were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194269.shtml Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
27-Oct-2020 11:22 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
09-May-2024 17:44 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |