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| Date: | Monday 7 July 1941 |
| Time: | 03:43 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2843 |
| MSN: | BL-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Alconbury, Cambridgeshire |
Mission-Münster. Took off from RAF Alconbury at 2335 hrs. Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 B-5 G9+OM from Leeuwarden airfield. In turn, the Luftwaffe pilot was hit by return fire from the rear gunner and was forced to belly-land the Dornier.
Sgt Oliver is buried on the island of Vlieland; the rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Plt Off J E Mack Steeds RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt F C Pocock (KIA)
Sgt D M Evans (KIA)
Sgt A Macaskill (POW)
Sgt A E Varnsverry (KIA)
Sgt A G Oliver (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 83.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 19:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 08:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 08-Jul-2019 08:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 18:38 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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