ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 180269
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| Date: | Friday 25 July 1941 |
| Time: | 03:54 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1397 |
| MSN: | PM- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Boazum and Easterwierrum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Elsham Wolds in Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for an operation to Emden, Germany.
On return, shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from Leeuwarden airfield.
All six crew members perished in the crash:
Pilot P/O. M.S. Lund 40979 RNzAF Leeuwarden 1 1
Co-Pilot Sgt. A.E. Owen 1163347 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1
Observer Sgt. J.J. Cox 921698 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1
Bomb aimer Sgt. R.P. Williams 1251179 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1
Wo ag Sgt. A.J. Le Poidevin 924197 RAF Leeuwarden 1 1
Air gunner Sgt. F.G. Walker 1019154 RAF Leeuwarden 1 3
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1138A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war-articles/mystery-wellington-crash-1941-eventually-solved.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 March 1941 | W5612 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | approx. 1 mile from RAF Newton, Nottinghamshire, England |  |
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| 26 March 1942 | R1393 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | 5 miles off Orford Ness Suffolk Coast | |
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| 20 May 1942 | Z1141 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | St Nazaire |  |
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| 31 May 1942 | DV452 | 103 Sqn RAF | 6 | Waltrop, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
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| 6 June 1942 | DV699 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Geldern, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
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| 3 July 1942 | DV611 | 103 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Bookholt, Nordhorn, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Oct-2015 09:37 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Jul-2019 10:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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