Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BJ730,
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Date:Thursday 17 September 1942
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:12 OTU RAF
Registration: BJ730
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Chipping Warden, Northamptonshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time on the 16th, for an operation against the Krupp works at Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was damaged by Flak of the 7. Flak-Division and crashed. All five rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ730
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
30-May-2020 20:27 TigerTimon Added
30-May-2020 20:29 TigerTimon Updated [Narrative]

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