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| Date: | Tuesday 15 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:40 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1613 |
| MSN: | BU-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Zeven, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Mission - Bremen.
Coned by searchlights and hit by the night fighter pilots Unteroffizier Wilhelm Benning of the 1./NJG 3 (flying a Bf 110 from Oldenburg airfield) and Leutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6./NJG 1 (flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+HP from Stade airfield), respectively. Lt. von Bonin was credited with the victory.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer James Gordon Crampton RAF 600829 [PoW] (NCO:924635 Commission Gazetted : Friday 07 March, 1941)
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer John Charles Jenkins RAF 64315 [Killed] (NCO:932341 Commission Gazetted : Friday 16 May, 1941)
Crew : Flight Sergeant Ronald Instone RAF 630654 [PoW]
Crew : Sergeant Marshall Angus Johnson RCAF R/68074 [PoW]
Crew : Flight Sergeant Hugh Edward Jones RAF 751108 [PoW]
Crew : Sergeant Robert Kent RAFVR 745050 [PoW, died later]
Sgt Kent died of his wounds on 2-Aug-41.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1613
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Jul-2019 19:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:29 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 14-Jul-2023 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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