Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC Z8985,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53059
 
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Date:Saturday 8 November 1941
Time:06:35 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z8985
MSN: DX-V
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near Haastrecht, Zuid-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:RAF Feltwell
Narrative:
Mission : Rover Patrol. Took off from RAF Feltwell at 2010 hrs on a Rover Patrol with Munster as its objective. The aircraft was hit by Flak and crashed near Haastrecht (Zuid-Holland) 4 km SSE of Gouda. Those who died are buried in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen op Zoom:

Sgt A H T Cook RAAF (KIA)
Sgt A McKillop (KIA)
Sgt A C Crease (POW)
Sgt J H D Howes (POW)
Sgt A A Thomson (KIA)
Sgt J L Ledsham (POW)

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1336&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 174.

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
15-May-2016 14:38 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
07-Nov-2018 19:16 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
11-Apr-2020 19:49 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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