Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC R1222,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53295
 
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Date:Wednesday 16 July 1941
Time:01:45
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: R1222
MSN: KO-H
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Winnerstraat, Nederweert, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:RAF Marham
Narrative:
Mission-Duisburg. Took off from RAF Marham at 2301 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Hptm Werner Streib I./NJG1) and crashed 0145 hrs near Nederweert (Limburg), 4 km NE of Weert Holland. All are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery at Nijmegen.
Crew
Flt Sgt N C Cook (KIA)
Sgt R Palmer (KIA)
Sgt W J H Hartry RCAF (KIA)
Sgt K P Campbell (KIA)
Sgt W T McDonald (KIA)
Sgt F Fullard (KIA)

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1117&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
7 April 1940 N2949 115 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea, off Blåvandshuk, Jutland, northwest of Esbjerg w/o
21 May 1940 P9298 115 Sqn RAF 6 Tourpes, Leuze-en-Hainaut, Hainaut w/o
4 April 1941 R1470 115 Sqn RAF 6 marshland at Terrington St Clement, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England w/o
30 June 1942 BJ796 115 Sqn RAF 1 40 miles east of Lowestoft, Suffolk w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
01-May-2016 16:43 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
28-Oct-2018 16:39 Nepa Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator]
25-Jul-2019 08:47 TigerTimon Updated [Location, Phase, Source]
18-Jun-2022 11:49 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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