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| Date: | Monday 12 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:14 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1462 |
| MSN: | BU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Harksheide, Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
On an operation to Hamburg, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Grahame Toplis RAFVR 61483 (NCO:1153669 : Commission Gazetted Friday 28 March, 1941) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Peter Richard Kenneth Burley RAFVR 1152213 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Arnold Walker Gibson RAFVR 749389 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Hubert William John Barr RAFVR 759105 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Albert Livesey RAFVR 970744 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Webley James RAF 541997 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1462
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2019 15:42 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:32 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 10-May-2024 07:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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