ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 234317
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| Date: | Monday 1 September 1941 |
| Time: | 02:48 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1411 |
| MSN: | LN-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | field at Beck Row, near Bury Saint Edmunds, Suffolk, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| 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.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Gordon Scott Eccles RAFVR 63486 [Killed] (NCO:1169493 Commission Gazetted : Friday 02 May, 1941)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Donald Hartley Hodge RAFVR 1104390 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant George Edward Boxall RAFVR 1154278 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Douglas Richard Mallett RAFVR 914170 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Francis Anthony Bower Brodribb RCAF R/65658 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Stevens RAF [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
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-Mar-2020 21:07 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 31-Aug-2023 06:55 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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