ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53064
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1211 |
| MSN: | QT-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Walcheren, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
| RAF Binbrook |
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 19:36 hrs local time for an operation to Mannheim in Germany; homeward-bound, crashed under unknown circumstances. On this night, strong winds and icing conditions were present.
Sgt Hart has no known grave:
Sgt S A Hart (KIA)
Flt Sgt T V S Wiggins RCAF (POW)
Sgt F W Day (POW)
Flt Sgt P W Duckers )POW(
Sgt H J Gibson (POW)
Sgt C L Dennes RNZAF (POW)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1327&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 176.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 September 1941 | W5378 | 142 Sqn RAF | 6 | 1 km northeast of Felm, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 10 July 1942 | Z1324 | 142 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea NE of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2016 14:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 17:16 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 11-Apr-2020 20:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:20 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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