ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 171492
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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:47 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1789 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Maxdorf, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
Crashed at Maxdorf, 10km WNW of Ludwigshafen.
Crew
Pilot: 1172870 Sgt Sydney Burtwell DFM - Durnbach War Cemetery 2. F. 2.
Pilot: 934390 Sgt Arthur Edwin Rees - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 10-18.
Navigator: 1256777 Sgt Kenneth Horace Tibbatts - Durnbach War Cemetery 2. F. 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1310826 Sgt John Clifford Dunn - Durnbach War Cemetery 2. F. 1.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1310876 Sgt Peter Wood Durnbach War Cemetery 2. F. 3.
Air Gunner: 616823 Sgt Henry Downs - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 10-18.
Sources:
https://books.google.nl/books?id=hDMdAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=junkers+absturz+2.+Weltkrieg&source=bl&ots=m-ru5Ckfx3&sig=C5fxOMuoRn_8Gh8ZuD8fU1mtL3I&hl=nl&sa=X&ei=8ZVwVI3dForfOKvsgZAM
214 Sqn Association
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Nov-2014 16:00 | gerard57 | Added |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:24 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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