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| Date: | Thursday 26 February 1942 |
| Time: | 03:49 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8410 |
| MSN: | PH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Over Holluf, Odense, Syddanmark -
 Denmark
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook (takeoff at 23:30 LT) |
On the outward flight to a bombing raid on Kiel this plane was hit by flak over Esbjerg. The propeller of the starboard engine had to be feathered to reduce air resistance. The bombs were dropped over Fyn to gain altitude and the pilot let the crew bail out. All 6 crew members were taken captive rather soon after they had landed:
Sqn Ldr Ralph Bagshaw Abraham Camps 6B Dössel / 21B Szubin / L3 Sagan. He changed his name to Ward in February 1949.
Sgt George Reginald Duckham in Camps 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels / L7 Bankau.
Plt Off Eric Norman Foinette in Camps 6B Dössel / 21B Szubin / L3 Sagan.
WO2 Everett Emerson Littlefield RAAF Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 344 Lamsdorf / 4B Mühlberg.
Sgt Charles Frank Payne in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 344 Lamsdorf / L3 Sagan / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.
WO David Richard Wardill RAAF Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 344 Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.
Sources:
www.airmen.dk
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194203.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2017 18:28 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:17 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 14-Feb-2022 10:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2025 07:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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