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| Date: | Saturday 5 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:48 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ771 |
| MSN: | KO-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Papenburg-Obenende, Ems, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Operation - Bremen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Luftwaffe Flak and by the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 236.
All five were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ771
https://www.meyersgaz.org/place/10329005
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2020 07:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Jun-2022 09:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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