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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:31 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1624 |
| MSN: | DX- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Veldstraat road, Bocholt, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation to Duisburg, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Gordon David Osborne RNZAF NZ/40985 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Peter Wilson RAFVR 1164406 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Henry Edmund Robinson RCAF R/57929 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Clement Peter Blackburn RAFVR 553849 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Walford Evans RAFVR 947286 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Gerald Coodon Caesar RAFVR 1181561 [Killed]
All lie at the Heverlee War Cemetery, Belgium (50.848680 / 4.706292)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-r1624-bij-bocholt
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1624
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Jul-2019 10:13 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 17-Feb-2025 07:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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