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| Date: | Friday 10 April 1942 |
| Time: | 23:35. |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3702 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Nievenheim (Zinkhüttenweg), Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Hit by 3/schw Flak Abt 151, 2/schw Res Flak Abt 407 and 2/I/Flak Regt 46. Aircraft impacted near
Nievenheim, Zinkhutte at 23:35.
Crew
Pilot: 107992 Plt Off Alistair MacTaggart - Rheinberg War Cemetery 6. C. 16 (NCO:1365338 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 11 November, 1941)
Pilot: 1059468 Sgt Jack Walker - Rheinberg War Cemetery 6. C. 15.
Observer: 400029 Sgt Laurence David Orbuck RAAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 6. C. 17.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 982893 Sgt Roger Owen Francis - Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 6. C. 13-14.
Air Gunner: 1217079 Sgt Stephen Elmes - Rheinberg War Cemetery Joint grave 6. C. 13-14.
Air Gunner: 1525452 Sgt Henry Maxwell Tapley - Rheinberg War Cemetery 6. C. 12.
Sources:
CWGC.
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Nov-2017 19:36 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 30-Nov-2017 19:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 29-Apr-2019 16:42 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Apr-2020 18:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, ] |
| 10-Apr-2024 06:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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