ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236411
Last updated: 26 May 2020
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| Date: | 11-SEP-1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 16 Operational Training Unit Royal Air Force (16 OTU RAF) |
| Registration: | HX365 |
| C/n / msn: | XG-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Takeoff at 20:51 hrs local time for an operation to 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=HX365
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 12:25 | TigerTimon | Added |
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