ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53132
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| Date: | Saturday 20 September 1941 |
| Time: | 22:46 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9609 |
| MSN: | PM-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ambt Delden, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds, UK |
Takeoff at 19:10 local time for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 110 from Fliegerhorst Twente. A claim was submitted by Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1 - Bentelo 5km West of Hengelo (6B) at 22:46.
Four crew members safely ejected by parachute, two crew members died in the crash:
Pilot: 43987 Fg Off Thomas Wardhaugh - Ambt-Delden General Cemtery Plot IB Row K Grave 1.
39187 Sqn Ldr J A Ingram DFC - PoW/Stalag Luft Sagan & Belaria/PoW Number 10.
755696 Sgt N W Clyde - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 9686.
978676 Sgt W D King - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 9666.
911482 Sgt J G Wright - PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 9611.
748019 Sgt Charles Alfred Frederick Thomas - Runnymede Memorial Panel 53.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1270&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.luchtoorlogboventwente.nl/410920RAF.php
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 April 1942 | W5664 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Apr-2016 10:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jan-2019 20:31 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 30-Jan-2019 06:55 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2019 19:31 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Mar-2020 19:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Mar-2020 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Narrative] |
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