Date:	Wednesday 3 June 1942
Time:	01:58
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:	57 Sqn RAF
Registration:	X9787
MSN:	DX-
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	north of Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:

Other occurrences involving this aircraft

16 July 1941	R1624	57 Sqn RAF	6	near the Veldstraat road, Bocholt, Limburg		w/o
2 March 1942	X3748	57 Sqn RAF	2	Sprendlingen near Bad Kreuznach		w/o
2 April 1942	X3425	57 Sqn RAF	6	west of Opoeteren, Maaseik, Limburg (claim location)		w/o
2 April 1942	X3607	57 Sqn RAF	6	woods east of Lorsch, Hessen		w/o
2 April 1942	Z1565	57 Sqn RAF	5	between Wasserlos and Hörstein, south of Alzenau; Bayern		w/o
2 April 1942	X3410	57 Sqn RAF	6	Frettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz		w/o
9 April 1942	X3757	57 Sqn RAF	6	North Sea 20km N of Vlieland, Friesland		mis
18 April 1942	X3478	57 Sqn RAF	0	Mulsum, Kutenholz, Niedersachsen		w/o
18 April 1942	X3542	57 Sqn RAF	3	near the Marienhof, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein		w/o
29 April 1942	X3640	57 Sqn RAF	5	park of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines 78		w/o
Mid-air collision
18 May 1942	DV806	57 Sqn RAF	0	Sea 200yds off Dungeness		mis
31 May 1942	X3387	57 Sqn RAF	0	Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath, England		w/o
2 June 1942	DV816	57 Sqn RAF	0	Westerschelde estuary NW of Wemeldinge, Zeeland		w/o
6 June 1942	HF915	57 Sqn RAF	5	North Sea		w/o
23 June 1942	X3758	57 Sqn RAF	5	presumed lost over the sea - Niedersachsen		mis
30 June 1942	Z1578	57 Sqn RAF	6	North Sea		mis
30 June 1942	Z1618	57 Sqn RAF	3	North Sea, off Dutch coast		mis
22 July 1942	X3584	57 Sqn RAF	5	Missing		mis

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
07-Jan-2018 17:58	Red Dragon	Added
07-Nov-2018 19:38	Nepa	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
24-Apr-2020 17:08	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]
23-Jun-2022 09:16	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]
25-Jun-2022 04:01	Ron Averes	Updated [Location]