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| Date: | Tuesday 30 September 1941 |
| Time: | 00:26 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9673 |
| MSN: | KO-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Hittfeld railway station, Seevetal, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 19:46 hrs local time for an operation to Hamburg.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Fw. Kalinowski & Uffz. Zwickl of the 6./NJG 1, who had taken off from Wittmund airfield at 23:27 hrs, in Bf 110 D-3 G9+FP.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Leonard Harold Ellis RAFVR 921460 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Anthony William Petherick RAFVR 1151181 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alfred Richard Cooper RAFVR 1167421 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Albert Lionel Roberts RAFVR 1254570 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Jock Gordon Clement Keeble RAFVR 927368 [Killed]
Sergeant Duncan John McKenzie RAAF Aus/400283 [Killed]
All lie at the Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany (52.890363 / 9.916912)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9673
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Apr-2020 18:16 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 13-Jul-2024 06:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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