ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234317
Last updated: 23 March 2020
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| Date: | 01-SEP-1941 |
| Time: | 02:48 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Squadron Royal Air Force (99 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | R1411 |
| C/n / msn: | LN-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | field at Beck Row, near Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:28 hrs for an operation to Köln in Germany.
Upon return, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Alfons Köster of the 3./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
P/O G S Eccles +
Sgt D H Hodge +
Sgt A F B Broadribb + (Should read Sgt F A B Brodribb RCAF +)
Sgt D R Mallett +
Sgt G E Boxall +
Sgt Stevens - Injured
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1411
http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?17214-Wellington-R1503-crash-August-12th-1941-after-take-off
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2020 21:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
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