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Date: | 05-SEP-1942 |
Time: | night |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
Owner/operator: | 300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Squadron Royal Air Force (300 (Ziemi Mazowieckiej) Sqn RAF) |
Registration: | Z1320 |
C/n / msn: | BH-K |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
Location: | North Sea off the Dutch Frisian islands -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Ingham, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:04 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
The Luftwaffe pilot claimed three Wellingtons destroyed at 04:15, 04:45 & 05:09 hrs.
All five crew members are commemorated on the PAF Memorial at Northolt.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1320 Google Maps
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-May-2020 09:16 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
22-Oct-2020 21:39 |
Harro |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |