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| Date: | Thursday 27 August 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DF667 |
| MSN: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 20:35 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Hessen.
The aircraft has no known crash location. Probably, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands - (claim) 'Wellington' edge Marienbaum: 3.200 metres at 23:57 hrs.
All five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DF667
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 13:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
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