ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 233210
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| Date: | Wednesday 13 August 1941 |
| Time: | 01:15 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1513 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Weser river mouth near Weddewarden, Bremerhaven -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 21:29 LT for an operation to Kiel in Schleswig-Holstein.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the IV. Zug of the 4./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 603 and crashed into the Weser river mouth.
Two crew members are still missing in action, the other four rest at Becklingen War Cemetery in Niedersachsen.
For their names, see Aircrew Remembered.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1513
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1941 | R1281 | 9 Sqn RAF | 0 | Arrien, municipality Ommen, Overijssel |  |
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 |
| 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/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Feb-2020 19:04 | TigerTimon | Added |
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