ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236213
Last updated: 19 May 2020
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| Date: | 27-AUG-1942 |
| Time: | 23:25 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Squadron Royal Air Force (156 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | X3367 |
| C/n / msn: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Epe, Gronau, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Hessen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig & Oberfeldwebel Hans Steckemetz of the Stab III./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
All six rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3367
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-May-2020 12:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
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