Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic X9665,
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Date:Saturday 20 September 1941
Time:22:18 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:103 Sqn RAF
Registration: X9665
MSN: PM-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Gildehaus nature reserve, GB, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 May 1941 R1494 103 Sqn RAF 2 Oude Pekela, Groningen prv w/o
17 June 1941 N2849 103 Sqn RAF 6 Teutenstraat, Hamont-Achel, Limburg w/o
29 August 1941 R1213 103 Sqn RAF 4 Valckenisseweg road, Rilland, Zeeland w/o
15 January 1942 R1395 103 Sqn RAF 5 road Appel - Hollenstedt; Niedersachsen w/o
29 March 1942 R1061 103 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea off Schleswig-Holstein w/o
31 May 1942 R1234 103 Sqn RAF 4 near Kirmington, near Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England w/o
23 June 1942 DV818 103 Sqn RAF 5 the Huibertgat, Groningen prv w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
27-Mar-2020 19:34 TigerTimon Added
27-Mar-2020 19:34 TigerTimon Updated [Time]
23-Jun-2022 09:17 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
25-Jun-2022 04:01 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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