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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 06:35 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8985 |
| MSN: | DX-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Mission : Rover Patrol. Took off from RAF Feltwell at 2010 hrs on a Rover Patrol with Munster as its objective. The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed near Haastrecht (Zuid-Holland) 4 km SSE of Gouda. Those who died are buried in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen op Zoom:
Sgt A H T Cook RAAF (KIA)
Sgt A McKillop (KIA)
Sgt A C Crease (POW)
Sgt J H D Howes (POW)
Sgt A A Thomson (KIA)
Sgt J L Ledsham (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1336&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 174.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2016 14:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 11-Apr-2020 19:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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