Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III Z1605,
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Date:Wednesday 29 July 1942
Time:01:32 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1605
MSN: KO-R
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Hohn, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Hamburg.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Köberich & Unteroffizier Heidenreich of the Stab II./NJG 3, who had taken off from Schleswig airfield at 23:42 hrs, in Bf 110E D5+BC.

The crew all rest in the Kiel War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1605
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 May 1942 Z1614 115 Sqn RAF 5 Tichelovenstraat street at Wijchmaal, Peer, Limburg w/o
29 August 1942 BJ688 115 Sqn RAF 5 Eich, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
22 November 1942 BK206 115 Sqn RAF 4 Chalandry, Aisne département w/o

Revision history:

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