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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 1941 |
| Time: | 01:21 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1323 |
| MSN: | BL-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sandbank off Hellevoetsluis, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
| RAF Alconbury |
Took off from RAF Alconbury at 2340 hrs. Shot down by Marine Flak and crash landed at 0121 hrs on a sandbank off Hellevoetsluis Holland.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Mark Evelyn Redgrave RAF 40015 [PoW]
Navigator : Warrant Officer Cyril Rofe RAF [PoW, escaped]
Sergeant James Alexander Stephen Abernethy RAF 513096 [PoW]
Sergeant Robert Alldrick RCAF R/65645 [PoW]
Sergeant A F Potter RNZAF NZ/401408 [PoW]
Sergeant Philip Rockingham RAF 1054114 [PoW]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1049&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 63.
ORB 40 Sqdn RAF
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2016 06:47 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 11-Apr-2016 06:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 02-Jan-2018 18:06 | XindelX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 10-Jun-2019 08:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, ] |
| 25-May-2024 15:04 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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