ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53314
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| Date: | Tuesday 8 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1040 |
| MSN: | WS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Wilhelminasingel street, Maastricht, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington |
| RAF Honington |
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
The six crew members had left their burning machine, but did not survive. Their parachutes had not opened because they had to jump too low. Their bodies were found at an attics in the area.
The deceased are buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, the Netherlands:
P/O Douglas James Jamieson RNZAF (NZ/401386)
Sgt Wilfred George Jesson RNZAF (NZ/401388)
P/O Grosseth Keith Coates RCAF (R/3272)
Sgt Norman Walter Harding RAFVR (910064)
Sgt Cyril George Blandon RAF (645412)
Sgt John Stanley Burnside RAF (538670)
R.I.P.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1095&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://forum.mestreechonline.nl/showthread.php?t=3040
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 85.
Stichting 18 September
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 December 1940 | Z8845 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Bruggelaan road at Terwispel, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 1 December 1941 | X3388 | 9 Sqn RAF | 4 | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 7 December 1941 | Z1577 | 9 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 7 December 1941 | X3456 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | off the Frisian islands |  |
w/o |
| 7 December 1941 | X3606 | 9 Sqn RAF | 4 | Bürgerpark in Bremen | |
w/o |
| 8 December 1941 | BJ878 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hasselbeck, Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Nov-2014 20:11 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2016 18:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2018 13:19 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 08:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 08-Jul-2019 11:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jul-2019 16:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 14-Dec-2021 09:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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