Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC Z1048 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204337
 
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Date:Tuesday 9 June 1942
Time:overnight
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:109 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z1048
MSN: ZP-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Burdinne, Liège -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Stradishall
Destination airport:Essen, Germany
Narrative:
Crashed at Burdinne (Liege) 18km NW of Huy Belgium.

Crew
Pilot:J/15383 Plt Off Maurice Docherty Mackenzie RCAF - Burdinne Communal Cemetery Grave 6.
Observer: 924674 Flt Sgt Robert Hunt - Burdinne Communal Cemetery Grave 1.
Wireless Operator:1269102 Sgt Arthur Robert Vihelm Matthissen - Burdinne Communal Cemetery Grave 2
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1182504 Sgt Desmond McCooey Brown - Burdinne Communal Cemetery Grave 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1261364 Sgt Albert Ronald Pain - Burdinne Communal Cemetery Grave 5.
Air Gunner:995057 Sgt Alan Bentham - Burdinne Communal Cemetery Grave 3.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1048
Google Maps

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
13-Jan-2018 21:53 Red Dragon Added
31-Jan-2018 01:21 Laurent Rizzotti Updated [Aircraft type]
16-Oct-2018 19:39 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
29-Apr-2020 19:40 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source]
26-Jun-2022 03:10 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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