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| Date: | Friday 9 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:16 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 304 (Land of Silesia) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1473 |
| MSN: | NZ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Brümsel, Messingen, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Syerston, Nottinghamshire |
Takeoff at 23:08 LT for an operation to Bremen, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Reinhard Schmolinsky of the 1./NJG 3, who was flying a Bf 110 from Vechta airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Gavin John Lynes DFC RAF 42066 : Commission Gazetted Friday 19 January, 1940) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Wing Commander William Monteith Graham RAF 34005 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Edmund Wady PAF P/523499 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Stanley Robert Gear DFM RAFVR 751359 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Clark Hamilton RAFVR 746975 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flying Officer Frank Stanley William Webb RAFVR 76020 (NCO:747901 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 12 December, 1939) [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/lynes-gavin-john.html
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-May-2019 10:57 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 08-May-2019 06:43 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 07-May-2024 06:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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