ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202514
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1148 |
| MSN: | BU-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Overrepen, Tongeren, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
| operation - Dortmund, Germany |
Crashed under unknown circumstances. Quite possibly intercepted by a night fighter from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
The crew were buried by the Germans with full military honours at St Trond Belgium. All were later interred at the British War Cemetery Heverlee:
Pilot: R/60620 Flt Sgt Reginald Marcus Lawrence RCAF- Heverlee War Cemetery 3. E. 14.
Pilot: R/74829 Flt Sgt Billy Orrin Gates (American) - Heverlee War Cemetery 3. E. 17-18
Observer: J/6652 Plt Off Robert Balfour Halliday RCAF - Heverlee War Cemetery 3. E. 16.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/76606 Flt Sgt Douglas Harold Morton Jacques RCAF - Heverlee War Cemetery Joint grave 3. E. 17-18.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1167277 Sgt Eric Mason - Heverlee War Cemetery 3. E. 15.
Air Gunner: 869313 Sgt Samuel Cox - Heverlee War Cemetery 3. E. 19.
Sources:
214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron Association
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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 |
| 9 May 1941 | R1226 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Molenvaart canal, Breezand, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 16 January 1942 | R1759 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea off Whitby | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Dec-2017 19:36 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 04-Dec-2017 19:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Country, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 30-Dec-2017 05:37 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2022 13:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2022 13:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Destination airport] |
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