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| Date: | Saturday 27 December 1941 |
| Time: | 21:25 LT |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 77 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6956 |
| MSN: | KN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | southeast of Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 16:44 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Frank & Obergefreiter Urban of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Sergeant W.A. Blackburn rests at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. The others were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z6956
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Apr-2020 17:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
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