Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC X9910,
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Date:Monday 29 September 1941
Time:22:52
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: X9910
MSN: KO-Y
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Blijham, Groningen prv -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Marham
Narrative:
Mission - Hamburg, Germany. Took off from RAF Marham at 19:31 hrs local time.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 G9+OM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed 2252 hrs at Blijham (Groningen) 5 km SE of Winschoten. The five airmen who died are buried in Wedde (Blijham) Protestant Churchyard:

Sgt A R Hulls (KIA)
Sgt J H Goodey RAAF (KIA)
Plt Off W K Colfe RCAF (KIA)
Sgt T D Griffiths (KIA)
Sgt T W Bull (KIA)
Plt Off N R Shuttleworth (POW)

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1280&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 155.

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 March 1942 X3604 115 Sqn RAF 6 between the homes of Polweg 1 & 2 at Wichmond, Gelderland w/o
26 April 1942 X3633 115 Sqn RAF 6 crossroad Diagonalvej - Gelsåvej at Bevtoft, Syddanmark w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
10-May-2016 16:54 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Oct-2018 16:41 Anon. Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
03-Apr-2020 17:38 TigerTimon Updated [Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Jun-2022 08:27 Ron Averes Updated [Location]
14-Jun-2022 09:48 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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