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| Date: | Monday 18 December 1939 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IA |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2941 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | in sea off Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Wellington N2941 failed to return from an operatonal flight, 18 December 1939. Probably shot down during raid on Wilhelmshaven. 12 out of 22 Wellingtons shot down on this mission. N2941 was last seen off Wilhelmshaven with an engine on fire
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Douglas Bellamy Allison RAF 70769 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant John Archibald Brister RAF 580848 [Killed]
Flight Mechanic : Leading Aircraftman Albert George Goodenough RAF 533107 [Killed]
Flying Officer Donald Charles Ephraim Bailey RAF 39924 [Killed]
Corporal Reginald Thomas Black RAF 567249 [Killed]
Sergeant Joseph Buglasi Adamson Turnbull RAF 521968 [Killed]
BRISTER and GOODENOUGH were recovered from the sea by the Germans. They are buried at Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
The rest of the crew is commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
1. Air Britain: RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999, published 1991
2. National Archives (PRO Kew) File AIR 81/63: https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C14142180
3. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/30.htm
4. http://www.undyingmemory.net/HAVERHILL/black-reginald.html
5. https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/11412/
6. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-vickers-408-wellington-ia-wilhelmshaven-6-killed-1
7. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
8. CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jan-2012 10:45 | Uli Elch | Added |
| 04-Jun-2019 20:45 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jun-2019 09:41 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Sep-2024 06:43 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jul-2025 18:45 | MMR | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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