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| Date: | Sunday 30 November 1941 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8953 |
| MSN: | BU-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Stradishall |
Mission : Hamburg. Took off From RAF Stradishall. Crashed in the North Sea. Sgt Boland is buried in Den Burg General Cemetery on the Dutch Island of Texel; his five companions have no known grave.
Crew
Pilot : Sgt Michael Joseph Fitzgerald RAFVR 1375074 [Killed]
2/Pilot : Sgt John Robert Boland RAFVR 1054956 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt Ronald William Ebsworth RAFVR 1257328 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt Gordon James Walter Fleming RAFVR 1380918 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt Ian Arthur Flower RAFVR 1166146 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt Herbert Leon Loveday RAFVR 1378203 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1351&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 188.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-May-2016 18:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:22 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:26 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 13-Apr-2020 12:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Source, ] |
| 17-Nov-2022 14:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Nov-2024 08:23 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, ] |
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