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| Date: | Wednesday 12 March 1941 |
| Time: | 21:45 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 218 (Gold Coast) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1326 |
| MSN: | HA-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gouwe Sloot ditch near Opperdoes, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk (KNF/EGYM) |
At 19:11 hrs local time, the Vickers Wellington Ic, R1326, 'HA-G' of 218 (Gold Coast) squadron RAF took off for a mission to Bremen in Germany from RAF Marham, Norfolk. Target is the Focke-Wulf works.
Wellington Mk Ic HA-G R1326 was shot down by Feldwebel Hans Rasper of the 4./NJG 1 (who was flying Bf 110D G9+HR from Bergen airfield) at 21.46hrs, the aircraft crashed into the river at Gouwe Sloot near Opperdoes. The crew were initially buried in the New General Cemetery Opperdoes. The crash site was investigated and items removed by the Dutch Air Force in September 1972.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William Peter Crosse RAF 41154 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant John Henry Collopy RAF 566133 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William James Chamberlain RAF 549631 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Ernest Joseph Coult RAF 538866 [Killed]
Sergeant Alfred Edward Binnie RAF 903772 [PoW]
Sergeant Arthur Parfitt RAF 942754 [PoW]
Sources:
1. https://218squadron.wordpress.com/vickers-wellington-am-form-78-copies-r-series/
2. https://www.backtonormandy.org/the-history/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/R13261941-03-13.html
3. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1941%20sec_tcm5-7282.pdf
4. https://218squadron.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/r1326.jpg
5. http://www.oldhaltonians.co.uk/pages/rememb/ROH/26.htm
6. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0962&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
7. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
8. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Jan-2017 23:03 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2017 18:43 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, ] |
| 13-Nov-2018 07:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator, ] |
| 09-Mar-2019 13:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Mar-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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