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| Date: | Monday 12 May 1941 |
| Time: | 01:43 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1330 |
| MSN: | BL-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Norderstapel, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:25 LT for an operation to Hamburg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 6./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 E-2 G9+CP from Schleswig airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Roderick William Finlayson RNZAF NZ/39923 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant James Bartle Murray RAFVR 988364 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Deryck Fletcher RAFVR 902403 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Harold Charles Tuckwell RAFVR 970471 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Percy Herbert Beckett RAFVR 902554 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant John Shaw RAF 997727 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1330
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2019 17:37 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-May-2024 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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