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| Date: | Monday 13 October 1941 |
| Time: | 00:06 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9822 |
| MSN: | BL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Westergeest, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
| RAF Alconbury |
Takeoff at 19:26 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from Leeuwarden airfield.
The crew all rest at Westergeest cemetery:
Pilot Sgt. G.F. Bateman 1104340 RAF / grave SE 1 3
Second Pilot Sgt. P.A. Milton 1168114 RAF / grave SE 1 1
Observer P/O. F. Jenkins 129267 RAF / grave SE 1 2 (NCO:1160915 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 06 October, 1942)
Wireless Operator Sgt. E.R.B. Magrath 926955 RAF / grave SE 1 4
Air Gunner Sgt. H.R. Legg 701647 RAF / grave SE 1 5
Air Gunner Sgt. H.F. Eyre 1152524 RAF / grave SE 1 6
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1295&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 161.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-May-2016 06:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Nov-2018 19:43 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 07-Apr-2020 16:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
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