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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:56 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ674 |
| MSN: | WS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoeve de Knol, Holthees; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:37 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Werner Streib & Feldwebel Walter Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Crew:-Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Michael Ryland Hodges RAFVR 100638 (NCO:1183497 : Commission Gazetted Friday 01 August, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Thomas Joseph Hartnett RCAF R/75667 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Flight Sergeant Thomas Edgar Newby RAFVR 759096 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Henry Leopold Jones RAF 874526 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Charles Noel Douglas Stewart RAF 800061 [Killed]
The crew all rest at the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery, Netherlands (51.455234 / 5.482214)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1538&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Research Plane Hunters Recovery Team
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 09:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 21-Apr-2020 07:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Apr-2020 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jun-2022 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 21-May-2024 11:32 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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