ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53458
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| Date: | Monday 30 December 1940 |
| Time: | 02:25 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3211 |
| MSN: | AA-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Goudswaard, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk |
Received 6.11.40 by 75 Sqn RNZAF at RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, from 37 Sqn RAF Feltwell, Norfolk. Re-coded AA-J (from Feltwell Flying Control Logbook), landed 22:28, night of 11/12.12.40. Missing on combat operations on night of 29/30.12.40.
Failed To Return (Newman crew) shot down en route to the target (Hamm). Aircraft came down at Goudswaard, in the Dutch province of South Holland, located on the westernmost tip of the Hoeksche Waard, approximately 6 km south-west of Spijkenisse, Netherlands: crew all survived, all taken POW.
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
2. https://75nzsquadron.wordpress.com/wellington/
3. https://www.backtonormandy.org/component/mtree/air-force-operations/airplanes-allies-and-axis-lost/wellington/24924-R32111940-12-30.html
4. http://www.adf-gallery.com.au/.au/nz-serials/nzwellington.htm
5. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0933A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 May 1942 | X3482 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea southwest of Sylt island; Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Nov-2017 00:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Dec-2017 16:32 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 10:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 13-Nov-2020 09:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source] |
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