Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic T2471,
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Date:Saturday 23 November 1940
Time:18:40 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF
Registration: T2471
MSN: BU-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea, prob NW of Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Stradishall
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Probably hit by two Ju 88C night fighters from Gilze-Rijen airfield, piloted by Hauptmann Karl Theodor Hülshoff of the 3./NJG 2 and by Feldwebel Heinz Strüning of the 1./NJG 2.

Target: Berlin
Takeoff time: 17:00
Crew: http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T2471

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T2471

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 August 1940 T2559 214 Sqn RAF 6 near Halle, Gelderland w/o
10 May 1941 R1447 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 0 Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant w/o
12 May 1941 R1462 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 6 near Harksheide, Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
2 April 1942 Z8805 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 6 Rheinkilometer 667 at Niederkassel-Lülsdorf; Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
11 April 1942 HF856 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 6 Gelsenkirchen-Hüllen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
29 April 1942 DV768 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 6 Kieler Aussenförde w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
26-Nov-2018 08:24 TigerTimon Added
26-Nov-2018 08:25 TigerTimon Updated [Source]
27-Nov-2018 19:34 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
23-Mar-2021 17:01 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
18-Jun-2022 04:28 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
18-Jun-2022 05:13 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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