ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202277
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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8979 |
| MSN: | BU-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | harbour area at Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Operation - railway junctions at Hanau-Lohr in Hessen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by light Flak.
The crew all rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot: 69424 Plt/Off Ronald William Stanley 'Ronnie' Hayes - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. C. 6 (NCO:1006927 Commission Gazetted : Friday 18 July, 1941)
Pilot: R/75890 Flt Sgt Norman George Hickey RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. A. 3-6.
Observer: 930818 Sgt George William Jackson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. A. 3-6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 923470 Sgt Irvine Leonard Eagleton RAAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. A. 3-6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 931029 Sgt Ralph Kitney - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. A. 3-6.
Air Gunner: 1378097 Flt Sgt John Nash - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. A. 3-6.
Sources:
CWGC
214 Squadron Association
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z8979+
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Nov-2017 14:08 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Nov-2017 14:10 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:32 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:17 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Damage, Narrative, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2024 07:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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