ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53073
Last updated: 30 August 2020
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| Date: | 07-NOV-1941 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Squadron Royal Air Force (99 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | T2516 |
| C/n / msn: | LN-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Smalbroek hamlet, Beilen, Drenthe -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| RAF Waterbeach |
Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 17:28 hrs local time for an operation to Berlin.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Rudolf Schoenert of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110; crashed at Beilen, (Drenthe). All are buried in Beilen General Cemetery:
Plt Off C G Gilmore (KIA)
Sgt G W T Wiggs (KIA)
Sgt I G Harrowby RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt F H Sanders (KIA)
Sgt A C F Harrop (KIA)
Sgt E R Schofield (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1326&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 175.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2016 13:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2017 14:27 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 10-Apr-2020 14:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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