Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3641, Monday 9 March 1942
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Date:Monday 9 March 1942
Time:04:11 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3641
MSN: WS-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea north of Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:31 LT for an operation to Essen, Germany.
Last fix at 02:17 after which there was nothing else. The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Do 215 B-5 R4+AP from Leeuwarden airfield.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Joseph Doughty RAFVR 1063795 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
Pilot Officer Thomas George Hubert Gulliver RAFVR 68189 (NCO:1193713 : Commission Gazetted Friday 04 July, 1941) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 69
Sergeant James Heslop RAF 845752 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 85
Sergeant Ewen Ritchie Stirling RAFVR 997898 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
Flying Officer Cyril Douglas Waddingham DFC RAFVR 115918 (NCO:915546 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 March, 1942) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 67
Flight Sergeant Derek Shergold Drury Welsh RAFVR 645684 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 76

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3641
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2017 19:11 Red Dragon Added
26-Dec-2017 06:27 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
07-Nov-2019 19:22 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative, ]
07-Nov-2019 19:23 TigerTimon Updated [Source, ]
08-Mar-2024 07:53 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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