ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236406
Last updated: 26 May 2020
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| Date: | 11-SEP-1942 |
| Time: | 00:02 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 22 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (22 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | X9932 |
| C/n / msn: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Osterwick, Rosendahl, Nordrhein-Westfalen (claim location) -
 Germany
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stratford, Warwickshire |
Takeoff at 20:30 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
All five rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9932
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 11:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
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