ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53100
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| Date: | 15-OCT-1941 |
| Time: | 21:17 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Squadron Royal Air Force (57 Sqn RAF) |
| Registration: | X9978 |
| MSN: | DX-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Dijk road at Papenhoven, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Took off from RAF Feltwell at 18:35 hrs for an operation to Köln in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights for 5 minutes and shot down by the night fighter crew of Feldwebel Meier & Feldwebel Wissmann of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield; crashed 21:17 hrs at Papenhoven.
All were buried at Venlo, but since 1945 their bodies have been taken Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Gelderland:
Plt Off K J Miller RAAF (KIA)
Sgt N J Lewery (KIA)
Sgt D W Jennings (KIA)
Sgt E T Christie (KIA)
Sgt G W T Jackson (KIA)
Sgt B S Jones (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1298&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 162.
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-May-2016 09:50 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Apr-2020 18:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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