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| Date: | Wednesday 25 June 1941 |
| Time: | 04:11 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1609 |
| MSN: | BU-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km SW of Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Stradishall |
Mission-Emden. Took off from RAF Stradishall at 2359 hrs. Lost without trace. 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.
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Sgt Cotton had survived a crash-landing earlier in the month on return from Berlin.
Crew
Sgt G T Jones (KIA)
Plt Off J Dodds-Forrest (KIA)
Sgt G T Hunt (KIA)
Sgt J C E Black (KIA)
Sgt K J Barton RCAF (KIA)
Sgt G A D Cotton (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 73.
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1069A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 25-Apr-2016 18:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 08:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 22-Jun-2019 10:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 25-Jun-2019 05:39 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:28 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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