Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3672, Sunday 22 November 1942
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Date:Sunday 22 November 1942
Time:22:55 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:156 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3672
MSN: GT-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Le Chanet, Argançon, Aube département -   France
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Stuttgart, Germany.

Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Juvincourt airfield.

Three of the crew rest at Amance.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=818
Google Maps

Revision history:

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03-Nov-2020 19:01 TigerTimon Added

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