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| Date: | Monday 30 December 1940 |
| Time: | 02:25 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3211 |
| MSN: | AA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goudswaard, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Received 6.11.40 by 75 Sqn RNZAF at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, from 37 Sqn RAF Feltwell, Norfolk. Re-coded AA-J (from Feltwell Flying Control Logbook), landed 22:28, night of 11/12.12.40. Missing on combat operations on night of 29/30.12.40.
Failed To Return (Newman crew) shot down en route to the target (Hamm). Aircraft came down at Goudswaard, in the Dutch province of South Holland, located on the westernmost tip of the Hoeksche Waard, approximately 6 km south-west of Spijkenisse, Netherlands.
Understood to have run out of fuel due to extreme head winds, causing the forced-landing
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Henry Daniel Newman RAF 37584 [PoW]
Sergeant Robert Garth Stark RNZAF NZ40631 [PoW]
Sergeant Manville Charles Fenn RAF 909269 [PoW]
Sergeant Jack Middleton Garrett RNZAF NZ/391349 [PoW]
Sergeant David Garrick Branscombe Protheroe RNZAF NZ/401231 [PoW]
Sergeant Sidney Laurence Spittle RAF 968421 [PoW]
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
2. https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/wellington/
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/24924-R32111940-12-30.html
4. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzwellington.htm
5. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0933A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
6. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Nov-2017 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Dec-2017 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Feb-2018 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 13-Nov-2020 09:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, ] |
| 08-Nov-2024 07:42 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 04-Jun-2025 06:23 | Antonio | Updated [Narrative, ] |
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