ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53073
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| Date: | Friday 7 November 1941 |
| Time: | 20:10 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2516 |
| MSN: | LN-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| 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 crashed at Beilen, (Drenthe). All are buried in Beilen General Cemetery:
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Charles George Gilmore RAFVR 68817 [Killed] (NCO:1265123 Commission Gazetted : Friday 11 July, 1941)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant George William Thomas Wiggs RAFVR 1376554 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Ian Gordon Harrowby RNZAF NZ/403777 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Albert Charles Frank Harrop RAF 628840 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Frederick Harold Sanders RAFVR 1168621 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Edward Reginald Schofield RAFVR 1378123 [Killed]
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.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 4 January 1942 | R1519 | 99 Sqn RAF | 6 | Off Portland Bill |  |
w/o |
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] |
| 07-Nov-2023 09:25 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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