ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202418
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| Date: | Saturday 11 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:29 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | HF856 |
| MSN: | BU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gelsenkirchen-Hüllen, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Crashed at Gelsenkirchen-Hüllen where the crew were originally buried on 15 April 1942. All are now buried in the Reichswald Forest Memorial Site in Germany.
Crew
Pilot: 10443 Plt Off James Walter Murray - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. F. 4 (NCO:915379 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 September, 1941)
Pilot: R/679 Flt Sgt Harry Alyn Neal (American) RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. F. 1.
Navigator: 925051 Sgt Cyril Walter Penny - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. F. 5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 922516 Sgt Fred Bonser - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. F. 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 1308039 Sgt David Smith - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. F. 2.
Air Gunner 179138 Capt Harold MacRae Butterworth Royal Artillery - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 19. F. 3.
Due to the losses that RAF Bomber Command that had occurred especially Air Gunners, RA officers were attached to RAF Squadrons
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1940 | T2559 | 214 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Halle, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 23 November 1940 | T2471 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea, prob NW of Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland | |
mis |
| 10 May 1941 | R1447 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 0 | Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 12 May 1941 | R1462 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | near Harksheide, Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1942 | Z8805 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Rheinkilometer 667 at Niederkassel-Lülsdorf; Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 April 1942 | DV768 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Kieler Aussenförde | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 01-Dec-2017 18:18 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 29-Jun-2018 09:17 | ehren69 | Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:35 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:19 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 17-Apr-2020 18:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source] |
| 10-Apr-2024 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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