ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 226741
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| Date: | Friday 4 July 1941 |
| Time: | 01:17 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2984 |
| MSN: | LN-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Molenbeersel, Kinrooi, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:28 hrs for an operation against industry (Krupp) at Essen, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Günther Radusch of the Stab I./NJG 3 (detached to Stab I./NJG 1), who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer John Robert Leslie Dunn RAFVR 86391 [Killed] (NCO:758040 Commission Gazetted : Saturday 05 October, 1940)
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Spencer Ronald Mayor RAFVR 1152989 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Francis John Day RCAF R/60129 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harry Malcolm Robertson RCAF R/63605 [PoW, died later]
Crew : Sergeant Geoffrey Kilburn RAF 995691 [PoW]
Crew : Sergeant Wilfrid Stogdale RAF 1376827 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-t2984-bij-molenbeersel
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=T2984
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 December 1939 | N2870 | 99 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sea off Wangerooge Island, Lower Saxony |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 17 August 1941 | X9700 | 99 Sqn RAF | 5 | Ophoven hamlet, Roggel, Limburg |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-Jul-2019 08:03 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 04-Jul-2019 06:38 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Jul-2023 07:07 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Operator]] |
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