ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205295
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 24 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | Z9441 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Geversdorf, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honeybourne |
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
All of the crew rest at the Becklingen War Cemetery:
Pilot:J/9150 Plt Off John Allan Preston RCAF - killed
Navigator:121557 Plt Off Ernest Lionel Bedford - killed
Bomb Aimer:121560 Plt Off Wiliam George Webb Lapham - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/85447 Sgt Cecil Raymond Robinson RCAF - killed
Air Gunner:1031730 Sgt Albert Edward Owen - killed
Sources:
22 OTU
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09Z9441+
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2018 17:14 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:54 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 11:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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