ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53156
Last updated: 2 September 2020
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| Date: | 07-SEP-1941 |
| Time: | 00:11 |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Squadron Royal Air Force (75 (NZ) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | X9767 |
| C/n / msn: | AA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Waterhoekdijk - Borculoseweg roads at Haarlo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Target - a chemical factory at Hüls (Krefeld) in Nordrhein-Westfalen
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield. All are buried in Borculo General Cemetery:
Plt Off J E Johnson (KIA)
Sgt R S D Johnston (KIA)
Sgt R M Minchin (KIA)
Sgt R Davies (KIA)
Sgt W Bearne (KIA)
Sgt W J Barker (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1252&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 138.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-May-2016 16:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
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