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| Date: | Tuesday 18 August 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ844 |
| MSN: | SR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off English coast -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Takeoff at 21:48 hrs local time for an operation to Osnabrück in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Major Alfred Helm of the Erprobungsstelle Werneuchen (flying with II./NJG 2), who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield in Do 215 B-5 R4+DC - (claim) North Sea 10 km northwest of Vlieland: 4,200m at 02:35 hrs.
The Wimpey was ditched in the sea. On impact with the water the a/c disintegrated and quickly sank. An SOS had been received previously from the a/c requesting its position and this was transmitted at 02:44 hours. As a result of the SOS an Air Sea Rescue launch proceeded to the area to carry out a search. Unfortunately only four crew members were rescued.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ844
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Nov-2019 07:34 | tachel | Added |
| 18-May-2020 09:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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