Date:	Wednesday 11 June 1941
Time:	02:05 LT
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:	99 Sqn RAF
Registration:	P9281
MSN:	LN-?
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	near Schaijk, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Waterbeach
Destination airport:	RAF Waterbeach

Narrative:
Mission-Düsseldorf. Took off from RAF Waterbeach. The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinrich Macke of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. Both survivors were wounded. Sgt Harley being the most seriously hurt with shrapnel embedded in his back. Those who died are buried in Uden War Cemetery:

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Aitken Barron RAFVR 936554 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant William Wrightson Hall RAF 999075 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant Douglas Hamilton Harley RAF 959580 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Arthur Edward Hibbin RAFVR 905964 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Adam Smith Reid RAFVR 974500 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant John Beattie RAFVR 966004 [Killed]

In 1989 Sgt Hall wrote a brief report of this action, followed by an account of his time spent as a prisoner of war. His book was published by Merlin books Limited under the title, Flyer's Tale.

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1048&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 64.
ORB 99 Sqdn RAF
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
11-Apr-2016 07:53	Red Dragon	Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
02-Jan-2018 17:45	XindelX	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ]
10-Jun-2019 07:57	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
25-May-2024 15:08	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]
10-Dec-2024 08:45	Anon.	Updated [Date, ]