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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 00:47 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9878 |
| MSN: | OJ-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Isselburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 17:26 hrs local time for an operation to Berlin.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Engel of the 7./NJG 1 based at Twente airfield in the Netherlands, who was flying a Bf 110.
UK National Archives holds the Casualty Pack for this loss and lists the crew as Pilot Officer H R Crowe (RCAF), Sergeant A C A Davis, Sergeant S W Dane, Sergeant P I Leeman, Sergeant J C Pengelly - all killed with Sergeant F Jenkinson held as a prisoner of war. See source 4.
They also hold an index card listing four unknown airmen recovered from this aircraft. See source 5.
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
2. http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9878
3. Google Maps
4. AIR 81/10149
5. WO 416/416/157
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Apr-2020 20:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 25-Sep-2023 07:43 | Richard | Updated |
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