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Date: | Sunday 6 December 1942 |
Time: | 20:12 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | BJ898 |
MSN: | KO-C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Other fatalities: | 0 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Alsheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:33 hrs for a bombing operation against Mannheim in Baden-Württemberg.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Engel of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110.
The crew rests in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ898 Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/oob/bestand/njagd/biiinjg4.html Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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