ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53373
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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 1941 |
| Time: | 01:32 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 40 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1464 |
| MSN: | BL-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Meerlo - Maasbree, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
| RAF Alconbury |
Mission-Düsseldorf. Took off from RAF Alconbury at 23:40 hrs. The aircraft was coned by searchlights, hit by night fighter pilot Leutnant Kurt Loos of the 2./NJG 1 (who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield) and crashed 0132 hrs at Meerlo (Limburg) 16 km NNW of Venlo, Holland, where the crew the crew were first buried. Since 1945, their remains have been taken to Jonkerbos War Cemetery:
Pilot - Plt Off R F Payne +
Co-pilot - Sgt M S Soames +
Observer - Plt Off L J Moore +
Wireless operator - Sgt N S Wilson +
Air gunner - Sgt G L Tompson +
Air gunner - Sgt E W Tyler +
Sources:
Royal Air force Bomber Command losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 63.
ORB 40 Sqdn RAF
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 July 1941 | N2843 | 40 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 29 August 1941 | Z8839 | 40 Sqn RAF | 3 | 5 km southwest of Mülheim an der Ruhr, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2016 18:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 17:45 | XindelX | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 07:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Jun-2019 16:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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