Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BK198,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52474
 
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Date:Sunday 8 November 1942
Time:00:38
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:142 Sqn RAF
Registration: BK198
MSN: QT-P
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:North Sea 7 km west of Bergen, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Grimsby
Destination airport:
Narrative:
The pilot was blinded by searchlights and the aircraft was hit by the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 845 (o).

Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations.
Call Sign: QT-P
Takeoff time: 22:45

Pilot / Sgt. R.F. Hill 656834 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 85
Navigator / Sgt. J. Atkinson 810060 RAF / Bergen cemetery; grave 1 A 27 / washed up near Bergen aan Zee 8 November
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. T. Woodhouse AUS403846 RAAF / Bergen cemetery; grave 1 A 28 / washed up near Bergen aan Zee 8 November
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. N.B. Collins 1453186 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 80
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. M.R. Hehir AUS408579 RAAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 111

R.I.P.

Sources:

http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1903
http://www.go2war2.nl/artikel/4680/Crash-of-Wellington-BK198-near-Bergen.htm

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
29 March 1942 Z1274 142 Sqn RAF 6 the Cambrai Kaserne at Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
07-Jul-2017 11:25 gerard57 Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
29-Oct-2017 19:22 Nepa Updated [Aircraft type, Operator]
07-Nov-2017 07:46 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative]
18-Oct-2018 14:20 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Operator]
02-Nov-2020 18:03 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Narrative]

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