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| Date: | Monday 30 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:50 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1509 |
| MSN: | KO-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deinstedt, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Herbert Ludwig of the 5./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Stade airfield.
The rear gunner, J.V. Gill, landed in a tree, wounded. Dazed by the shock of his wounds he undid his parachute harness and fell forty feet breaking his back. He died in a German hospital the following day.
For the rest of the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1509
https://115squadron-raf.be/crews/Wellington%20Mk%20IC%20-%20R1509%20-%20KO-P.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jun-2019 10:22 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 28-Jun-2019 10:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, ] |
| 28-Jun-2019 11:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 28-Jun-2019 12:11 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
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