ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141766
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| Date: | Monday 30 September 1940 |
| Time: | 23:19 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T4130 |
| MSN: | ZA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Badbergen, 23 km WSW Vechta; Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Leeming (EGXE) |
Takeoff at 18:04 hrs local time for an operation against Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Werner Streib & Unteroffizier Theo Lingen of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield.
Those who did not survive rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft T1000 - V9999, published 1997
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T4130
Google Maps
crash site was found and located by the historian Volker Urbansky v.urbansky@t-online.de
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 June 1941 | Z6671 | 10 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Ameland, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 9 July 1941 | Z6627 | 10 Sqn RAF | 4 | North Sea 60 km NW of Vlieland, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 17 August 1941 | Z6794 | 10 Sqn RAF | 2 | Lottum, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 19 August 1941 | Z6672 | 10 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tiendeberg, Riemst, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Jan-2012 07:18 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 24-Sep-2020 14:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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