Incident Vickers Wellington Mk IC T2880,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53315
 
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Date:Tuesday 8 July 1941
Time:night
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:99 Sqn RAF
Registration: T2880
MSN: LN-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:'Strabrechtse heide' heath, Heeze, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Unknown
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:23 for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Crashed / crash-landed under unknown circumstances.
All six crew members were taken prisoner of war:

Pilot F/Lt. E.A. Masters RAF
Co-Pilot P/O. J.D. Agrell RAF
Navigator P/O. T.J. Elliott RAF
Wireless op Sgt. W. Kershaw RAF
Air gunner Sgt. M.J. Platz RCAF
Air gunner Sgt. F.A. Hard RAF

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1095A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
10 April 1941 R1440 99 Sqn RAF 6 IJsselmeer W of Hindeloopen, Friesland w/o
12 June 1941 P9281 99 Sqn RAF 4 near Schaijk, Noord-Brabant w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
01-May-2016 18:07 Red Dragon Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase]
08-Jul-2019 11:15 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
08-Jul-2019 14:31 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]

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