ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53121
Last updated: 16 January 2021
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| Date: | 29-SEP-1941 |
| Time: | 22:52 |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Squadron Royal Air Force (115 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | X9910 |
| C/n / msn: | KO-Y |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Blijham, province of Groningen -
 Netherlands
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mission - Hamburg, Germany. Took off from RAF Marham at 19:31 hrs local time.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 G9+OM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed 2252 hrs at Blijham (Groningen) 5 km SE of Winschoten. The five airmen who died are buried in Wedde (Blijham) Protestant Churchyard:
Sgt A R Hulls (KIA)
Sgt J H Goodey RAAF (KIA)
Plt Off W K Colfe RCAF (KIA)
Sgt T D Griffiths (KIA)
Sgt T W Bull (KIA)
Plt Off N R Shuttleworth (POW)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1280&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 155.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2016 16:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:41 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 03-Apr-2020 17:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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