ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235413
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Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 12 OTU RAF |
Registration: | X3203 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Moers, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - second 1000 bomber raid; target being Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by light (leichte) Flak and crashed. The three surviving crew members were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3203 Google Maps
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