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| Date: | Tuesday 8 July 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2880 |
| MSN: | LN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 'Strabrechtse heide' heath, Heeze, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:23 for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Crashed / crash-landed under unknown circumstances.
All six crew members were taken prisoner of war:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Eric Arthur Masters DFC RAF 67600 (NCO:748380 : Commission Gazetted Friday 27 June, 1941) [PoW]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer John Douglas Agrell RAF 89786 (NCO:914000 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 04 February, 1941) [PoW]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Donald Allan Elliott RAF 3758 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Walter Kershaw RAF 987556 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Alwyn Hard RAF 1051731 [PoW]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Martin Johann Platz RCAF R/70760 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1095A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 18:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, ] |
| 08-Jul-2019 11:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Jul-2019 14:31 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 20-Jun-2024 15:23 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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