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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | Z1399 |
| MSN: | UV-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | great target area - Duisburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton, East Riding of Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 00:03 hrs for an operation to Duisburg.
The aircraft was shot down by the Luftwaffe, either by Flak or by a Bf 110 in the hands of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 1./NJG 1 flying from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands; crashed in the Duisburg - Moers area. All crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1399
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-May-2020 15:09 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-May-2020 15:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
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