ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53174
Last updated: 24 November 2020
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| Date: | 29-AUG-1941 |
| Time: | 23:00 |
| Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron Royal Air Force (214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | R1604 |
| C/n / msn: | BU-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Sint-Annaland, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Stradishall |
Mission : Mannheim. Took off from RAF Stradishall. During 1972 the RNethAF excavated wreckage from this bomber after which it was suggested its demise may have been caused by a lightning strike. The crew rests at Vlissingen cemetery:
Sgt E W Foxlee RCAF (KIA)
Sgt J H Williamson (KIA)
Sgt J E Jerrard (KIA)
Sgt G Klusky (KIA)
Sgt E Halestrap (KIA)
Sgt K Morris (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1234A&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 133.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2016 17:52 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:12 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:27 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 21-Mar-2020 14:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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