ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53206
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 149 (East India) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9704 |
| MSN: | OJ-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Speckerweg road, Haelen, Limburg. -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk (MHZ/EGUN) |
Takeoff at 23:29 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aicraft was coned by searchlights for 3 minutes & was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Gerhard Herzog of the 3./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. It crashed at Haelen 5km NW of Roermond. Plt Off Mendoza was fatally wounded in the attack. Those who died were initially laid to rest in Venlo. Later on they were reinterred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery
Crew
Pilot: 89386 Plt Off John Christian Lynn RAFVR - Killed
NZ/401258 Sgt W J R Culpan RNZAF- PoW
J/3755 Plt Off R R Henderson RCAF - PoW
922752 Sgt C G Jones RAFVR - PoW
1250142 Sgt K K Sterrett RAFVR - PoW
Air Gunner: 82988 Plt Off Michael Issac Archibald Mendoza RAFVR - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1208&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1941
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1.
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-Dec-2018 21:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2019 13:29 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Mar-2020 15:35 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Mar-2020 15:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
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