ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202263
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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:34 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8805 |
| MSN: | BU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Rheinkilometer 667 at Niederkassel-Lülsdorf; Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Operation - railway junctions at Hanau-Lohr in Hessen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 7. Flak-Division and crashed.
Pilot: 934409 Sgt Eric Dixon - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. D. 1.
Pilot: J/7030 Plt Off Thomas Best RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. D. 2.
Observer: 1162948 Sgt Albert George Richards - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. D. 4.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 109515 Plt Off James McKenzie Henderson - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 6-18 (NCO:1359000 Commission Gazetted : Friday 19 December, 1941)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 939982 Sgt Ernest Keith Stevens - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. D. 3.
Air Gunner: 1204242 Sgt Edward Thomas Albrighton - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. D. 6-18.
Sources:
CWGC
214 Squadron Association
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 August 1940 | T2559 | 214 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Halle, Gelderland |  |
w/o |
| 23 November 1940 | T2471 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea, prob NW of Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland | |
mis |
| 10 May 1941 | R1447 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 0 | Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 12 May 1941 | R1462 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | near Harksheide, Norderstedt, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | HF856 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Gelsenkirchen-Hüllen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 April 1942 | DV768 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Kieler Aussenförde | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2017 22:56 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:20 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Nov-2021 13:55 | manniwei | Updated [Location] |
| 31-Mar-2022 17:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 01-Apr-2024 07:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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