ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53562
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| Date: | Friday 9 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:48 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1226 |
| MSN: | BU-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Molenvaart canal, Breezand, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 22:10 LT for an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Bergen airfield.
The crew were initially buried at Huisduinen, PL-67:
Pilot S/L. F.L.H. Eddison DFC 39377 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 2
Co-Pilot P/O. N.M.C. Kirkcaldie 401315 RNzAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 2
Navigator Sgt. J. Holt 749319 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 2
Wireless op Sgt. K. Tait 974125 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 2
Air gunner Sgt. C. Paton 904673 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 2
Air gunner Sgt. A.F. Wilson 935907 RAF Bergen op Zoom 32 C 2
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1022&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 November 1939 | L4345 | 214 Sqn RAF | 2 | RAF Methwold, near Feltwell, Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 16 January 1942 | R1759 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea off Whitby | |
w/o |
| 15 April 1942 | Z1148 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Overrepen, Tongeren, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2019 11:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2019 06:44 | stehlík49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:31 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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