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| Date: | Tuesday 13 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:40 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | DF664 |
| MSN: | VR-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Oxstedt, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:28 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak. The crew of five rests in the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DF664
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 11:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2020 11:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Source, ] |
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