Date:	Tuesday 9 March 1943
Time:	21:58
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:	166 Sqn RAF
Registration:	BK368
MSN:	AS-P
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Filskov -   Denmark
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Kirmington
Destination airport:	Gardening - Forget Me Nots (Kiel Canal)

Narrative:
Took off from RAF Kirmington at 18:43.
Hit by 2/lei Flak Abt 844 (V Zug), 2/lei Flak Abt 742 (III Zug), Alarmflakbattr 11/XI (L) and 2-4/Marine Flak Abt 204. Crashed near Filskov at 21:58.
Sgt Sandilands was captured on 9 March 1943 at Give Denmark. Suffered head wounds.
Crew
Pilot: J/17135 Plt Off J P Kavanagh RCAF - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Plot AIII Row 7 Grave 5.
Navigator: 126041 Fg Off Donald George Denslow - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Plot AIII Row 7 Grave 4.
Bomb Aimer: 1057969 Sgt James Sandilands - PoW/Dulag Luft Frankfurt/Stalag Luft 1 Barth
Vogelsang/Stalag Luft VI Heydekrug/Stalag 357 Thorn-Fallenbostal/PoW Number 1035.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: J/17138 Plt Off Allen Lewis Weller RCAF - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Plot AIII Row 7 Grave 6.
Rear Gunner: 983356 Sgt William Bullen - Esbjerg (Fourfelt) Cemetery Plot AIII Row 7 Grave 7.

Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1943 Part One
https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/20910-BK3681943-03-10.html
http://www.flensted.eu.com/19430012.shtml
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
CWGC
PoW Questionnaire
Faldne Allierede Flyvere 1939-1945 (Anders Bjornvad)

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
08-Mar-2018 18:30	TigerTimon	Added
02-Nov-2018 18:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Operator, ]
09-Mar-2024 14:03	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
30-Mar-2024 14:22	Anon.	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
15-Jul-2025 18:26	Anon.	Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]