Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3641,
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Date:Monday 9 March 1942
Time:04:11 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3641
MSN: WS-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea north of Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honington
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 00:31 LT for an operation to Essen, Germany.
Last fix at 02:17 after which there was nothing else. The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Do 215 B-5 R4+AP from Leeuwarden airfield.

Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Joseph Doughty RAFVR 1063795 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
Pilot Officer Thomas George Hubert Gulliver RAFVR 68189 (NCO:1193713 : Commission Gazetted Friday 04 July, 1941) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 69
Sergeant James Heslop RAF 845752 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 85
Sergeant Ewen Ritchie Stirling RAFVR 997898 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
Flying Officer Cyril Douglas Waddingham DFC RAFVR 115918 (NCO:915546 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 10 March, 1942) [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 67
Flight Sergeant Derek Shergold Drury Welsh RAFVR 645684 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial Panel 76

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3641
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
27 April 1941 R1281 9 Sqn RAF 0 Arrien, municipality Ommen, Overijssel w/o
13 August 1941 R1513 9 Sqn RAF 6 Weser river mouth near Weddewarden, Bremerhaven w/o
15 February 1942 X3398 9 Sqn RAF 5 Off Clacton on Sea unk
6 April 1942 X3415 9 Sqn RAF 6 railway station of Sechtem, Bornheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
10 April 1942 X3702 9 Sqn RAF 6 near Nievenheim (Zinkhüttenweg), Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
13 April 1942 X3722 9 Sqn RAF 5 Moers-Vinn, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
23 April 1942 X3358 9 Sqn RAF 1 Dormagen-Hackenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
23 April 1942 X3759 9 Sqn RAF 5 Sapiston Suffolk, 67 miles SE of Thetford, Norfolk, England w/o
26 April 1942 X3226 9 Sqn RAF 6 - missing - mis
29 April 1942 X3716 9 Sqn RAF 6 Holbøl, Kruså, Syddanmark w/o
9 May 1942 X3369 9 Sqn RAF 5 near Rostock, Mecklenburg w/o
18 May 1942 X3276 9 Sqn RAF 5 Missing mis
31 May 1942 X3469 9 Sqn RAF 1 Retie, Antwerp w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
12-Nov-2017 19:11 Red Dragon Added
26-Dec-2017 06:27 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative]
07-Nov-2019 19:22 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]
07-Nov-2019 19:23 TigerTimon Updated [Source]
08-Mar-2024 07:53 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative]

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