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| Date: | Thursday 7 August 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1648 |
| MSN: | AA-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Operation - Mannheim, Germany. Took off from RAF Feltwell at 22:47 hrs on the evening of the 6th. Ditched in the North Sea. Sgt Bottomley was killed when the aircraft hit the water and Sgt Mellon drowned as the Wellington sank. Both are Commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Leopold Ian Adrian Millett RAF 1164817 [PoW]
Sergeant Jack Wilson Bottomley RAFVR 943398 [Killed]
Sergeant William Neill Kennedy Mellon RAFVR 1176808 [Killed]
Sergeant R G Morgan RNZAF NZ/402239 [PoW]
Sergeant Deryck Polley RAF 977080 [PoW]
Sergeant Clifford Simpson RAF 943822 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1162&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 110.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 03-May-2016 18:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 11-Feb-2020 13:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:46 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 28-May-2024 14:34 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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