ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234132
Last updated: 8 August 2020
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| Date: | 19-AUG-1941 |
| Time: | 00:05 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 11 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (11 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | N3005 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | chalk slopes northeast of Barrington, Cambridgeshire, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
| RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire |
The aircraft was on approach to RAF Bassingbourn with its landing lights on, when it was attacked and set ablaze by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Heinz Strüning of the 1./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands. Two of the crew succumbed to their injuries in Addenbrookes hospital.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=N3005
Google Maps
Nachtjagd, Defenders of the Reich, 1940–1943
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Mar-2020 13:59 | TigerTimon | Added |
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