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| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 1942 |
| Time: | 23:07 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 25 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BJ969 |
| MSN: | ?-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Gardiewski & Unteroffizier Abromeit of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off at 22:42 hrs from Leeuwarden airfield (the Netherlands) in Bf 110 R4+IP.
Those who did not survive rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ969
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Jun-2020 11:05 | TigerTimon | Added |
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