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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:45 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1222 |
| MSN: | KO-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Winnerstraat, Nederweert, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mission-Duisburg. Took off from RAF Marham at 2301 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Werner Streib I./NJG1) and crashed 0145 hrs near Nederweert (Limburg), 4 km NE of Weert Holland. All are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery at Nijmegen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Neil Caldwell Cook RAFVR 740487 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Richard Palmer RAFVR 1375568 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant William James Howard Hartry RCAF R/54186 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kenneth Patrick Campbell RAFVR 974031 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Walter Thomson McDonald RAFVR 974023 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Frank Fullard RAFVR 1377934 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1117&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 92
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 16:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:39 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 25-Jul-2019 08:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Phase, Source, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 11:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Aug-2024 06:41 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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