ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202289
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| Date: | Monday 6 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:42 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3415 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | railway station of Sechtem, Bornheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:36 hrs for an operation to Köln in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Hit by Flak of the 7. Flak-Division. Crashed at the railway station of Sechtem at 01:42. The crew were initially buried at the British War Cemetery 1914-1918 at Koln-Zollstock. They were later re-interred at Rheinburg War Cemetery:
Air Gunner: 923044 Sgt Cyril Victor Maddock - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll.grave 1. D. 6-18.
Air Gunner: 631267 Sgt Arthur Naylor - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 6-18.
Observer: 1265209 Sgt Ronald Jacques - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 6-18.
Pilot: 103547 Plt Off PAUL RIGBY SINCLAIR Brooke - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 6-18.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1254284 Sgt Philip John Coleman - Rheinburg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 6-18.
Pilot: 1180436 Sgt Edward Frank Collins - Rheinburg War Cemetery 1. D. 5.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1941 | R1281 | 9 Sqn RAF | 0 | Arrien, municipality Ommen, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1941 | R1513 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Weser river mouth near Weddewarden, Bremerhaven | |
w/o |
| 15 February 1942 | X3398 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Off Clacton on Sea |  |
unk |
| 9 March 1942 | X3641 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea north of Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 9 March 1942 | X3643 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Harleston 16 miles South of Norwich | |
w/o |
| 9 March 1942 | X3411 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | ditched in the North Sea | |
w/o |
| 10 April 1942 | X3702 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Nievenheim (Zinkhüttenweg), Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | X3722 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Moers-Vinn, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1942 | X3358 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | Dormagen-Hackenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 23 April 1942 | X3759 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Sapiston Suffolk, 67 miles SE of Thetford, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
| 26 April 1942 | X3226 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | - missing - |  |
mis |
| 29 April 1942 | X3716 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Holbøl, Kruså, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | X3369 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Rostock, Mecklenburg | |
w/o |
| 18 May 1942 | X3276 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 31 May 1942 | X3469 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | Retie, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2017 16:59 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Nov-2017 17:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Date] |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 28-Apr-2019 09:59 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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