ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235328
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8376 |
| MSN: | PH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberlohberg, Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak.
All five rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/waddell-alan-albert.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | Z8328 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | Eerste Kruisweg, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1942 | W5523 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sea off Brest |  |
w/o |
| 10 January 1942 | W5611 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | 1 mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 13 March 1942 | Z8578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 25 March 1942 | W5578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | close to Escoublac, Loire-Atlantique département | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1942 | W5395 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | woods at Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare, Eure département, Normandie | |
w/o |
| 9 June 1942 | Z8652 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
mis |
| 27 July 1942 | W5367 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Westerholte, Ankum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | Z8499 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2020 20:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
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