ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234459
Last updated: 27 March 2020
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| Date: | 20-SEP-1941 |
| Time: | 22:18 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Squadron Royal Air Force (103 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | X9665 |
| C/n / msn: | PM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Gildehauser Venn nature reserve, Bad Bentheim, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 19:36 hrs local time for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight & intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Herbert Lütje of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G9+BD from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9665
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Mar-2020 19:34 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 27-Mar-2020 19:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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