ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236409
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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ828 |
| MSN: | AA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Operation - Düsseldorf, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft vanished into the North Sea. Possibly, it was damaged by a Ju 88 C-6 night fighter of the III./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
All five crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ828
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1940 | R3235 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | IJsselmeer 1 km east of Uitdam, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 16 July 1941 | R3171 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea, off Dutch coast | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1941 | X3205 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Bockhorn, Bark, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 16 September 1941 | X9759 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | Barsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 15 October 1941 | W5663 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 15 October 1941 | X9916 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | Köln-Weiden, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | X9628 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Schaephuysen (Rheurdt) - Tönisberg (Kempen); Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z8942 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Zuidland, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | Z1596 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Dose, Friedeburg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | BJ599 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Steinbeck, Buchholz in der Nordheide, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3664 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | near Stade, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3558 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | between Kehdingbruch and Belum; Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3452 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Grothusenkoog, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | Z1570 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Haftenkamp, Gölenkamp, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | BJ625 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | hillside at Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 August 1942 | BJ774 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing. |  |
mis |
| 9 September 1942 | BJ596 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | Schmalbroich, Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 13 October 1942 | X3954 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Darenwurth, Helse, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 25 October 1942 | Z1652 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Ville-sur-Retourne, Ardennes 08 | |
w/o |
| 25 October 1942 | BJ725 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Wargnies-le-Grand, département du Nord | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 12:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-May-2020 12:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 11-Jan-2021 10:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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