ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53592
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| Date: | Thursday 17 April 1941 |
| Time: | 23:39 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1599 |
| MSN: | KX-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Baexem, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
Takeoff at 20:55 LT for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Werner Streib of the Stab I./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield; crashed at 2339 hrs at Baexem, Limburg.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Frantisek Kracmer RAFVR 787244 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flying Officer Frank Sixta RAFVR 82574 [Killed]
Navigator : Flying Officer Vladimir Kubicek RAFVR 82613 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Pilot Officer Vaclav Kosulic RAFVR 82609 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Rudolf Lifcic RAFVR 787533 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Vaclav Stetka RAFVR 787497 [Killed]
The crew were first buried at Venlo, but since 1945 their remains have been taken to Jonkerbos War Cemetery.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0998&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.facebook.com/leudalmonument/photos/ms.597759020310235.597758470310290.597758273643643.597758076976996.bps.a.597255827027221/597758470310290/?type=1&relevant_count=2
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 44.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 January 1942 | T2971 | 311 Sqn RAF | 3 | Zandstraat, Tilburg, Noord-Brabant | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Sep-2014 19:08 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2014 17:32 | Lorenzo Lamas | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 09-May-2015 12:59 | Angel dot comma | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2016 18:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2019 17:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Apr-2024 06:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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