ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243066
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| Date: | Monday 30 September 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 38 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3219 |
| MSN: | HD-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Herberger Zuschlag, Menslage, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Operation - Leipzig, Sachsen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by a night fighter crew of the 2./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield. The Wimpey crashed either on the evening of the 30st of September or in the early hours of the 1st of October.
Pilot Officer D. MacLean did not survive and rests in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R3219
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2020 14:50 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 24-Sep-2020 14:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2020 15:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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