ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52867
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:56 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ674 |
| MSN: | WS-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hoeve de Knol, Holthees; Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:37 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Werner Streib & Feldwebel Walter Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
The crew all rest at Eindhoven:
Pilot / F/Lt. M.R. Hodges 100638 RAF / grave JJ 64
Observer / F/Sgt. T.J. Hartnett R/75667 RCAF / grave JJ 62
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. T.E. Newby 759096 RAF / grave JJ 65
Front Gunner / F/Sgt. C.N.D. Stewart 800061 RauxAF / grave JJ 66
Rear Gunner / Sgt. H.L. Jones 874526 RauxAF / grave JJ 63
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1538&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
research Plane Hunters Recovery Team
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Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 November 1941 | X3280 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Waddenzee off Vlieland, Friesland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 09:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 15:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2020 07:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Jun-2022 18:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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