Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic W5663,
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Date:Wednesday 15 October 1941
Time:21:37 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:75 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: W5663
MSN: AA-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Target - Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 C-4 W.Nr. 3601 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Richard Charlwood Barker RAFVR 1006907 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Trevor Bernard Robertson RNZAF NZ/404948 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant David Levick Beney RAFVR 960078 [Killed]
Sergeant George Frederick Cole RAF 961126 [PoW]
Sergeant Harold Dawson Grimes RAAF Aus/404532 [Killed]
Sergeant J B Stephenson RCAF R/65625 [PoW]

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=W5663
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
25 July 1940 R3235 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 6 IJsselmeer 1 km east of Uitdam, Noord-Holland w/o
16 July 1941 R3171 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 6 North Sea, off Dutch coast w/o
16 September 1941 X3205 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Bockhorn, Bark, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
16 September 1941 X9759 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 4 Barsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
8 November 1941 X9628 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 2 Schaephuysen (Rheurdt) - Tönisberg (Kempen); Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
8 November 1941 Z8942 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Zuidland, Zuid-Holland w/o
27 July 1942 Z1596 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 4 near Dose, Friedeburg, Niedersachsen w/o
29 July 1942 BJ599 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 near Steinbeck, Buchholz in der Nordheide, Niedersachsen w/o
29 July 1942 X3664 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 6 near Stade, Niedersachsen w/o
29 July 1942 X3558 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 between Kehdingbruch and Belum; Niedersachsen w/o
29 July 1942 X3452 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 1 near Grothusenkoog, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
29 July 1942 Z1570 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Haftenkamp, Gölenkamp, GB, Niedersachsen w/o
12 August 1942 BJ625 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 4 hillside at Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
21 August 1942 BJ774 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Missing. mis
9 September 1942 BJ596 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 0 Schmalbroich, Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
11 September 1942 BJ828 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 North Sea mis
13 October 1942 X3954 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 near Darenwurth, Helse, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
25 October 1942 Z1652 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 2 Ville-sur-Retourne, Ardennes 08 w/o
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Apr-2020 18:33 TigerTimon Added
11-Jan-2021 10:51 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
13-Mar-2024 13:28 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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