Incident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic X3169,
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Date:Monday 14 September 1942
Time:03:45 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
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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