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| Date: | Saturday 27 December 1941 |
| Time: | 20:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1097 |
| MSN: | DX-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Heeze - Someren, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Took off from RAF Feltwell at 17:00 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by a searchlight for 5 minutes and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Knacke & Leutnant Konarske of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
Those who died are buried in Woensel General Cemetery:
WO T Purdy DFM (KIA)
Sgt M J Cronin RNZAF (KIA)
Fg Off R C Scarlett RAAF (KIA)
Sgt S Barraclough (POW)
Sgt R F Aldous (KIA)
Sgt W J Foulton (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1363&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 195.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-May-2016 19:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 13-Apr-2020 16:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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