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Date: | 08-NOV-1941 |
Time: | 00:47 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 149 Squadron Royal Air Force (149 Sqn RAF) |
Registration: | X9878 |
C/n / msn: | OJ-A |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Location: | near Isselburg, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
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Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:26 hrs local time for an operation to Berlin.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Wilhelm Engel of the 7./NJG 1 based at Twente airfield in the Netherlands, who was flying a Bf 110.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9878 Google Maps
Revision history:
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