Incident Vickers Wellington Mk II Z8410 ,
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Date:Thursday 26 February 1942
Time:03:49 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:12 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z8410
MSN: PH-C
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Over Holluf, Odense, Syddanmark -   Denmark
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Binbrook (takeoff at 23:30 LT)
Destination airport:
Narrative:
On the outward flight to a bombing raid on Kiel this plane was hit by flak over Esbjerg. The propeller of the starboard engine had to be feathered to reduce air resistance. The bombs were dropped over Fyn to gain altitude and the pilot let the crew bail out. All 6 crew members were taken captive rather soon after they had landed:

Sqn Ldr R B Abraham Camps 6B Dössel / 21B Szubin / L3 Sagan. He changed his name to Ward in February 1949.
Sgt G R Duckham in Camps 7A Moosburg / 383 Hohenfels / L7 Bankau.
Plt Off E N Foinette in Camps 6B Dössel / 21B Szubin / L3 Sagan.
WO2 E E Littlefield RAAF Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 344 Lamsdorf / 4B Mühlberg.
Sgt C F Payne in Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 344 Lamsdorf / L3 Sagan / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.
WO D R W Wardill RAAF Camps 8B Lamsdorf / 344 Lamsdorf / L6 Heydekrug / 357 Thorn-Fallingbostel.

Sources:

www.airmen.dk
http://www.flensted.eu.com/194203.shtml
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 May 1942 W5361 12 Sqn RAF 6 Akerdijk at Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
07-Nov-2017 18:28 Red Dragon Added
18-Oct-2018 19:17 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
14-Feb-2022 10:38 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]

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