ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 243064
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| Date: | Monday 30 September 1940 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2549 |
| MSN: | KO-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Talge, Bersenbrück, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 19:38 hrs local time for an operation against Osnabrück in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and probably shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Werner Streib & Unteroffizier Theo Lingen of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T2549
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 November 1940 | P9286 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | Groetpolder, Winkel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 28 April 1942 | X3639 | 115 Sqn RAF | 4 | Köln-Niehl, Neusser Landstr. | |
w/o |
| 7 May 1942 | X3591 | 115 Sqn RAF | 2 | Siefersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | X3560 | 115 Sqn RAF | 0 | Nijnsel - Sint-Oedenrode; Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | BJ670 | 115 Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea 10 km N of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 25 October 1942 | BK306 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea near Goedereede, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| Ditching | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep-2020 14:39 | TigerTimon | Added |
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