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| Date: | Thursday 10 April 1941 |
| Time: | 01:07 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1440 |
| MSN: | LN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer W of Hindeloopen, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 20:20 LT for an operation to Bremen-Vegesack. Sent NGZ signal on w/t at 23:36 hrs, after which the bomber crashed in the IJsselmeer. The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G9+HM from Leeuwarden airfield.
Sgt Brown is buried at the Harderwijk General Cemetery; his companions have no known graves and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Thomas Fairhurst RAFVR 85673 (NCO:745865 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 22 October, 1940) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Gordon Wilfred Brown RAF 634099 [Killed]
Sergeant Charles William Hall RAFVR 944123 [Killed]
Sergeant William Robert Moore RAFVR 974190 [Killed]
Sergeant Wilbur Lloyd Waldron RCAF R/64120 [Killed]
Sergeant Howard Vivian Wansbrough RAFVR 988001 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0990&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses in the Second World War 1941 Page 39
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Apr-2016 07:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 05-Apr-2016 18:10 | Black Jack | Updated [Time, Operator, Narrative, ] |
| 08-Apr-2019 07:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 09-Apr-2024 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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