ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 138147
Last updated: 19 February 2021
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| Date: | 05-SEP-1942 |
| Time: | 02:53 |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | BJ663 |
| C/n / msn: | KO-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Altenrheine, Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham |
| RAF Marham |
Takeoff at 23:59 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+AS from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
All five rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ663
Google Maps
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft BA100 - BZ999, published 2006
- Lost Bombers
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Aug-2011 12:21 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 25-May-2020 07:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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