ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 141363
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Date: | Monday 18 December 1939 |
Time: | |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IA |
Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | N2872 |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | off Wihelmshaven port -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Honington (EGXH) |
Destination airport: | |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:Wellington N2872 Took off 09:00hrs from RAF Honington for raid on Wilhelmshaven.. Shot down by enemy fighters off Wilhelmshaven Germany. 18.12.1939
12 out of 22 Wellingtons shot down on this mission.
Crew: missing
F/O John Edgar ATKINSON (39646) RAF
S/Ldr Archibald John GUTHRIE (34155) RAF
LAC Josias Melville Fletcher KEY (520262) RAF
LAC Thomas Leo MARLIN (550205) RAF
Sgt Bertie Joseph PICKESS (580809) RAF
Sgt Harold Walter TYRRELL (516328) RAF
Sources:
Air Britain: RAF Aircraft L1000 - N9999, published 1991
ORB
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Jan-2012 10:38 |
Uli Elch |
Added |
03-Jan-2021 12:22 |
Glog |
Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
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