Squadron: 9 (B) Sqn (RAF)
Start Date: 1942-07-28
Completion Date: 1942-07-29
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Hamburg Germany
Target Specific:
Base: RAF Honington
Take Off Time: 22:41:00
Squadron Code: WS-P
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere)
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
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9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volamus) RAF Honington, Wellington III aircraft X 3475 WS-P was coned by searchlights of the 1-3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 119 and 3/Flakscheinwerfer-Abteilung 610, and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak while on an operation to Hamburg, crashing at the Panzer barracks at Neugraben-Fischbek, near Stade, Germany
There were two 9 Squadron Wellington III aircraft lost on this mission. Please see aircraft serial X 3606 WS-M for casualty list and details on this aircraft
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