Date:	Sunday 31 May 1942
Time:	02:25
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk Ia
Owner/operator:	CGS RAF
Registration:	N2894
MSN:	7 (call sign)
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Hessen Allee, Klarenbeek, Gelderland -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.

Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer David Malcolm Johnson RAFVR 103511 (NCO:742718 : Commission Gazetted Friday 12 September, 1941) [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Warrant Officer Oldrich Jambor RAFVR 787441 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Lieutenant Hector Austin Charles Batten RAFVR 61948 (NCO:920308 : Commission Gazetted Friday 04 April, 1941) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Josiah Robert Connor RAF 621339 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant John McKenzie McLean RAFVR 968453 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant G J Waddington-Allwright RAF 751360 [PoW]

Those who did not survive rest at Apeldoorn (Ugchelen-Heidehof) cemetery.

A large circular ground discolouration at the south-east end of Hessen Allee may be the site of the crash (GPS 52.160373 / 6.066363). A footpath runs adjacent to the site.

This is probably the last Wellington to be lost on a bombing operation. The loss card raised for N2894 has been annotated "56 OTU" which was a Fighter Command unit. However, Air Ministry Form 78 confirms that the aircraft belonged to CGS and at the time of its demise, had flown a total of 403 hours. W/O Jambor was a native of Czechoslovakia.

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
02-Jan-2012 11:43	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]
30-May-2017 08:15	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
29-Nov-2018 09:04	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ]
21-Apr-2020 11:47	TigerTimon	Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
21-May-2024 11:28	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
21-May-2024 11:30	Rob Davis	Updated [Narrative, ]