Incident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3661 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202294
 
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Date:Monday 6 April 1942
Time:03:50 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:75 (NZ) Sqn RAF
Registration: X3661
MSN: AA-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Robert-Koch-Straße street in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Operation - Köln.
The aircraft was hit by the 1./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 514 and impacted in the Robert-Koch-Straße at 03:50.

Pilot: NZ404967 Flt Sgt G J E Thomas RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 24800.
2nd Pilot: NZ404410 Flt Sgt S MacI Robertson RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 26
Navigator: NZ405455 Sgt W G Reay RNZAF PoW Luft 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24799.
Wireless Operator: NZ402058 Sgt W H Harris RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 4 Sagan and Belaria. PoW Number 24836.
Air Gunner: 1169410 Sgt S W Roynon PoW Luft 3444 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24834.
Air Gunner: 938765 Sgt P G Dorrell PoW Luft 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24847.

Sources:

75 Squadron Association
Bomber command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
21 July 1940 R3165 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Weseke, Borken, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
7 November 1941 X9951 75 Sqn RNzAF 1 Werdohl, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o
9 June 1942 X3587 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF 5 Neuss, Nordrhein-Westfalen w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
28-Nov-2017 18:58 Red Dragon Added
27-Oct-2018 19:49 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
28-Apr-2019 11:40 Anon. Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative]
16-Apr-2020 16:53 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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