ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235445
Last updated: 23 April 2020
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| Date: | 02-JUN-1942 |
| Time: | 00:46 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 18 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (18 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | HF891 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Bracht, Brüggen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:43 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Werner Streib & Oberfeldwebel Walter Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
The crew consisted of:
Pilot - Flight Lieutenant William Lang Tweedie - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Navigator/Observer - Warrant Officer James Arthur Nutt - Royal Air Force
Flying Officer K. M. Eustachiewicz- Polish Air Force
Wireless Op/ Air Gunner - Sergeant Richard Arnold Brown - Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Sergeant S. Straigis - Polish Air Force
The crew are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=HF891
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/00895.php
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2020 19:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
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