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| Date: | Monday 12 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:49 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1461 |
| MSN: | BL-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sea off Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 22:30 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 Frederick Tom Luscombe RAFVR 742043 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Denis Chappell RAFVR 906790 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Eugene Michael Mulligan RAF 581112 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Edward Hodges RAFVR 912102 [Killed]
Sergeant John Albion Harris RAFVR 976160 [Killed]
Sergeant John David Campbell Long RNZAF NZ/40623 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1461
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-May-2019 17:53 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 10-May-2024 07:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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