ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236365
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| Date: | Monday 7 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ769 |
| MSN: | SR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Operation - Duisburg, Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was hit by the 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Terschelling-West, seen to break into two and crashed in the sea near Terschelling at 00:04 hrs.
All five crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ769
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 October 1941 | T2846 | 101 Sqn RAF | 0 | Beeck, Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 27 December 1941 | Z1115 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Wegberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | BJ841 | 101 Sqn RAF | 5 | Titz, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 18 August 1942 | BJ844 | 101 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea off English coast |  |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | Z1594 | 101 Sqn RAF | 2 | Ougrée, Seraing, Liège |  |
w/o |
| 28 August 1942 | BJ698 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 28 August 1942 | X3754 | 101 Sqn RAF | 4 | Cheratte, Visé, Liège | |
w/o |
| 5 September 1942 | BJ891 | 101 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Friesland | |
mis |
| 20 September 1942 | BJ689 | 101 Sqn RAF | 6 | Novion-Porcien, Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| 21 September 1942 | X3815 | 101 Sqn RAF | 3 | Spandet moor, near Ribe, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-May-2020 10:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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