ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236463
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Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
Time: | 03:45 claim |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 11 OTU RAF |
Registration: | X3169 |
MSN: | KJ-X |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | near Ohrtermersch (Bippen) and Berge; Niedersachsen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Steeple Morden, Hertfordshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 23:41 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen.
The aircraft was damaged by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Wolf Gütter of the 3./NJG 3 based at Vechta airfield and engaged by heavy (schwere) Flak.
All five were taken prisoner of war.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3169 Google Maps
Revision history:
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