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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:46 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 18 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | HF891 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bracht, Brüggen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 22:43 hrs for participation in the second 1,000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Werner Streib & Oberfeldwebel Walter Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William Lang Tweedie RAFVR 61481 (NCO:955823 : Commission Gazetted Friday 28 March, 1941) [Killed]
Navigator / Observer : Warrant Officer James Arthur Nutt RAF 581294 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Pilot Officer Marian Eustachiewicz PAF P/1701 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Richard Arnold Brown RAFVR 978265 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Stanley Walter Straigis PAF P/794805 [Killed]
Associated : Sergeant Kenneth Charles Nutt RAF 553975 [Killed]
The crew are buried in the Rheinberg War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=HF891
http://www.rafcommands.com/archive/00895.php
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Apr-2020 19:14 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 22-May-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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