ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203000
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:28-43 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV768 |
| MSN: | BU- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kieler Aussenförde -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Failed to return from a raid on Kiel.
Crew
Pilot:1253173 Sgt Sydney Walter George Avent - Kiel War Cemetery 5. C. 2.
Co-Pilot: 1375119 Sgt Allan John Hyde - Kiel War Cemetery 3. E. 11.
Navigator:925047 Sgt Harold Frank Vernon Wheway - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 118418 Sgt Gordon Kenneth Moyle Newman - Runnymede Memorial Panel 80.
Air Gunner: 1007568 Sgt Gwilym Thomas Owen - Kiel War Cemetery 5. B. 7.
Air Gunner: 1201671 Sgt Fernley Thomas Williams - Kiel War Cemetery 5. B. 4.
Sources:
214 (FMS) Squadron
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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 |
| 2 April 1942 | Z8805 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Rheinkilometer 667 at Niederkassel-Lülsdorf; Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 11 April 1942 | HF856 | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF | 6 | Gelsenkirchen-Hüllen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Dec-2017 20:05 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 04-Oct-2018 14:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-Apr-2022 18:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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