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| Date: | Friday 25 July 1941 |
| Time: | 02:00 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1369 |
| MSN: | DX-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Mission:Kiel.Took off from RAF Feltwell at 2220 hrs. Crashed into the sea off the Frisian Islands. Three of those who died are buried in the Sage War Cemetery. Oldenburg. Sgt C D Lynch had no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sgt Frederick Louis Green RAFVR 745784 [Killed]
Obs : Sgt Richard Ellsworth Drake RCAF R/60226 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt Harry Ponsonby Lynch RAFVR 1064697 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt Lawrence William Collins RAF 1065396 [PoW]
Crew : Sgt M D Hennessy RAF 1001803 [PoW]
Crew : Sgt Cyril Duncan Lynch RAFVR 927545 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 102.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 02-May-2016 17:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, ] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 24-Jul-2022 07:19 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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