ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53299
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| Date: | Tuesday 15 July 1941 |
| Time: | 00:29 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1614 |
| MSN: | BU-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea N of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
| RAF Stradishall |
Took off from RAF Stradishall at 2315 hrs for an operation to Bremen. Over the Frisians, coned by a searchlight and hit by Flak and machine gun fire from the 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 (battery Ameland). Plt Off Brown is buried in Holland at Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, but the bodies of Flt Sgt Lewis and Sgt Hull were washed onto English beaches. The rest are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Victor Kingsley Brown RAFVR 60071 [Killed] (NCO:916215 Commission Gazetted : Friday 30 May, 1941)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Ronald Douglas Hull RAFVR 912001 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant William George Lewis RAF 967100 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Maxwell Ritchie Collins RCAF R/74592 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Joseph Shield Else RAFVR 755881 [Killed]
Crew : Sergeant Jack Taylor RAFVR 759305 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 92.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-May-2016 12:37 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:11 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Jul-2019 19:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:28 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 12-Jun-2022 09:59 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Jul-2023 06:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Location]] |
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