ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236401
Last updated: 26 May 2020
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| Date: | 10-SEP-1942 |
| Time: | 22:55 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 25 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (25 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | Z1725 |
| C/n / msn: | ?-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Ellinghausen, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:24 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of probably the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 524.
The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1725
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 10:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
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