ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53218
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| Date: | Sunday 17 August 1941 |
| Time: | 02:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9700 |
| MSN: | LN-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ophoven hamlet, Roggel, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridge |
| RAF Waterbeach |
Mission : Duisburg. Took off from RAF Waterbeach at 2334 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Lt Hans-Dieter Frank I./NJG1) and crashed 0215 hrs near Roggel (Limburg) 9 km NW of Roermond Holland. Those who died were buried at Venlo, but since 1945 their bodies have been taken to Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
Crew
Plt Off G L Wells RAAF (KIA)
Plt Off N Dotchin (KIA)
Plt Off W A Casey RCAF (KIA)
Sgt F W York (KIA)
Sgt R M Williams (POW)
Flt Sgt P Williams (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1197&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 120.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 December 1939 | N2870 | 99 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sea off Wangerooge Island, Lower Saxony |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 4 July 1941 | T2984 | 99 Sqn RAF | 3 | near Molenbeersel, Kinrooi, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 07:54 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Nov-2018 09:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 13-Mar-2020 17:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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