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| Date: | Sunday 20 December 1942 |
| Time: | 20:02 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1660 |
| MSN: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Duisburg-Meiderich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 18:02 hrs for a bombing operation against Duisburg.
The aircraft was coned by the 3./Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 409 and was hit by the leichte Heimat 22./VI Flak unit.
Those who perished rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
(Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years Part 3 - Theo Boiten)
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1660
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Nov-2020 18:23 | TigerTimon | Added |
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