ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53358
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| Date: | Tuesday 17 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:32 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N2849 |
| MSN: | PM-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Teutenstraat, Hamont-Achel, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newton |
| RAF Newton |
Mission-Duisburg. Took off from RAF Newton at 2300 hrs. Coned by searchlights and hit by night fighter pilot Leutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands. It is highly probable that the plane broke apart, as parts of it fell at Soerendonk (NL) and the largest part came down at Hamont (Belgium). The crash site is situated behind the houses in the Teutenstraat, known at the land registry as "De Eickener".
In the cemetery at Hamont five of the six crew members were temporarily buried. At the funeral the townspeople paid tribute to the deceased airmen and laid flowers on the graves. An original photo of the decorated graves is preserved by the local heritage society and history association De Goede Stede Hamont.
Crew
Sqdn Ldr D D A Kelly Mid x 3 (KIA)
Sgt J D MacVicar RCAF (KIA)
Flt Sgt S F Marais (KIA)
Sgt L Beaumont (KIA)
Sgt G Houghton (KIA)
Sgt W Connell (KIA)
Sources:
http://www.grevenbroekmuseum.be/new/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=53&Itemid=105&lang=en
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1061&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 67.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1941 | R1494 | 103 Sqn RAF | 2 | Oude Pekela, Groningen prv |  |
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| 29 August 1941 | R1213 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | Valckenisseweg road, Rilland, Zeeland | |
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| 20 September 1941 | X9665 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gildehaus nature reserve, GB, Niedersachsen |  |
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| 15 January 1942 | R1395 | 103 Sqn RAF | 5 | road Appel - Hollenstedt; Niedersachsen | |
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| 29 March 1942 | R1061 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea off Schleswig-Holstein | |
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| 31 May 1942 | R1234 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Kirmington, near Ulceby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
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| 23 June 1942 | DV818 | 103 Sqn RAF | 5 | the Huibertgat, Groningen prv | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Jan-2009 05:02 | geert | Updated |
| 17-Jul-2011 12:06 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Apr-2016 18:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2019 16:45 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Jun-2019 19:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2019 18:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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