ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53293
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| Date: | Wednesday 16 July 1941 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3171 |
| MSN: | AA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea, off Dutch coast -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Mission-Duisburg. Took off from RAF Feltwell at ?. Presumed crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast. Sgt Fotheringham RNZAF is buried in Bergen op zur Zoom War Cemetery, while at the New Eastern Cemetery in Amsterdam can be found the grave of Sgt Roberts RNZAF. The rest of the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew
Sgt R E E Fotheringham RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt E V K Higgins RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt J H C Roberts RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt S A Dyer RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt P E Hare RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt P E Hare RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt D M MacKinnon RNZAF (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1120&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 92.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 25 July 1940 | R3235 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | IJsselmeer 1 km east of Uitdam, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 16 September 1941 | X3205 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Bockhorn, Bark, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 16 September 1941 | X9759 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | Barsbüttel, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 15 October 1941 | W5663 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | Willich, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 15 October 1941 | X9916 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | Köln-Weiden, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | X9628 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Schaephuysen (Rheurdt) - Tönisberg (Kempen); Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 8 November 1941 | Z8942 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Zuidland, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | Z1596 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | near Dose, Friedeburg, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | BJ599 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Steinbeck, Buchholz in der Nordheide, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3664 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | near Stade, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3558 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | between Kehdingbruch and Belum; Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3452 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 1 | near Grothusenkoog, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | Z1570 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Haftenkamp, Gölenkamp, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 12 August 1942 | BJ625 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 4 | hillside at Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 21 August 1942 | BJ774 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing. |  |
mis |
| 9 September 1942 | BJ596 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 0 | Schmalbroich, Kempen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 11 September 1942 | BJ828 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
| 13 October 1942 | X3954 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | near Darenwurth, Helse, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 25 October 1942 | Z1652 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | Ville-sur-Retourne, Ardennes 08 | |
w/o |
| 25 October 1942 | BJ725 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Wargnies-le-Grand, département du Nord | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 17:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:31 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 21-Jun-2022 10:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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