Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic X9983, Saturday 1 August 1942
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Date:Saturday 1 August 1942
Time:01:44 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:21 OTU RAF
Registration: X9983
MSN: SJ-D
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Bemelen, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Edgehill
Destination airport:Düsseldorf
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:48 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Streib & Oberfeldwebel Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield.
Those who did not survive were initially laid to rest at Venlo. Today, they are buried in the Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Brian Robert Anstee RAFVR 1314169 [Killed] grave 20 B 4
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Ian Douglas Singer RAFVR 1073899 [Killed] grave 12 I 2
Observer : Sergeant Dennis George Brimfield RAFVR 1288349 [Killed] grave 20 B 3
Air Gunner : Sergeant Richard Howell Callaghan RAFVR 1312476 [Killed] grave 20 B 1
Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Howells RAFVR 1381796 [Killed] grave 20 B 2
Sergeant Derek Riley RAF 1068680 [PoW]

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1744&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
11-Aug-2017 11:39 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
13-May-2020 10:29 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Aug-2024 06:35 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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