Accident Vickers Wellington Mk II W5443,
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Date:Wednesday 13 August 1941
Time:01:54 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:104 Sqn RAF
Registration: W5443
MSN: EP-T
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Klüverdamm, Oyten, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Driffield, Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 21:36 LT for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by several Flak units & crashed and exploded.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5443
Google Maps

Revision history:

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