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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | 01:35 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | R1297 |
| MSN: | JS-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Munterweg road, Uden, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford |
Takeoff at 21:00 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by Flak in the target area, was abandoned by the crew and crashed on the Munterweg road.
Crrew:-
Pilot : Sergeant William Sidney Harrison RAAF Aus/408551 [PoW]
Observer : Pilot Officer Eric James Seaman RAF 120347 (NCO:1379521 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 30 June, 1942) [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Eric Lockwood RAF 1034072 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Arthur Andrew Browne RAF 639808 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Philip Nelson Faber RAF 1288440 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1826B&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 20:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2020 10:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jul-2025 08:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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