ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203338
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3369 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rostock, Mecklenburg -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
| operation - Warnemünde, Rostock |
Believed to have been shot down by flak near Rostock'
Crew
Pilot: J/5332 Flt Lt John Livingstone Hopkins Elliott RCAF - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. A. 16-32.
Observer:67650 Fg Off Henry John Bullock - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. A. 16-32.
Wireless operator/Air Gunner:747925 Sgt James Douglas Cameron - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. A. 16-32.
Air Gunner:79228 Fg Off Leonard Manley Blain - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Coll. grave 8. A. 16-32.
Air Gunner: 1022828 Sgt Robert Reid Waterston - Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 8. A. 10.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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 |
| 9 March 1942 | X3641 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea north of Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 9 March 1942 | X3643 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Harleston 16 miles South of Norwich | |
w/o |
| 9 March 1942 | X3411 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | ditched in the North Sea | |
w/o |
| 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 |
| 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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Dec-2017 15:49 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2022 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source] |
| 06-May-2022 14:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
| 04-Jul-2022 05:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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