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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ828 |
| MSN: | AA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Operation - Düsseldorf, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft vanished into the North Sea. Possibly, it was damaged by a Ju 88 C-6 night fighter of the III./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Eric Lees RAFVR 1132278 [Killed]
Sergeant Charles Norman Anderson RAF 658255 [Killed]
Sergeant Frederick Richard Guppy RAFVR 1184152 [Killed]
Sergeant Douglas Howard Judd RNZAF NZ/413336 [Killed]
Sergeant Peter Anthony Young RAFVR 1162261 [Killed]
All five crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ828
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 12:19 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 26-May-2020 12:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 11-Jan-2021 10:47 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 10-Nov-2024 08:23 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, ] |
| 22-Feb-2025 07:53 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 22-Feb-2025 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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