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| Date: | Thursday 17 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BJ730 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire |
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time on the 16th, for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was damaged by Flak of the 7. Flak-Division and crashed. All five rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ730
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-May-2020 20:27 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-May-2020 20:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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