Accident Vickers Wellington Mk Ic R1624,
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Date:Wednesday 16 July 1941
Time:01:31 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: R1624
MSN: DX-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the Veldstraat road, Bocholt, Limburg -   Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation to Duisburg, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Wolfgang Thimmig of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield, the Netherlands.

For the crew, see Aircrew Remembered.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://luchtvaartgeschiedenis.be/content/wellington-r1624-bij-bocholt
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1624

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
2 March 1942 X3748 57 Sqn RAF 2 Sprendlingen near Bad Kreuznach w/o
2 April 1942 X3425 57 Sqn RAF 6 west of Opoeteren, Maaseik, Limburg (claim location) w/o
2 April 1942 X3607 57 Sqn RAF 6 woods east of Lorsch, Hessen w/o
2 April 1942 Z1565 57 Sqn RAF 5 between Wasserlos and Hörstein, south of Alzenau; Bayern w/o
2 April 1942 X3410 57 Sqn RAF 6 Frettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
9 April 1942 X3757 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea 20km N of Vlieland, Friesland mis
18 April 1942 X3478 57 Sqn RAF 0 Mulsum, Kutenholz, Niedersachsen w/o
18 April 1942 X3542 57 Sqn RAF 3 near the Marienhof, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
29 April 1942 X3640 57 Sqn RAF 5 park of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines 78 w/o
Mid-air collision
18 May 1942 DV806 57 Sqn RAF 0 Sea 200yds off Dungeness mis
31 May 1942 X3387 57 Sqn RAF 0 Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath, England w/o
2 June 1942 DV816 57 Sqn RAF 0 Westerschelde estuary NW of Wemeldinge, Zeeland w/o
3 June 1942 X9787 57 Sqn RAF 5 north of Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen w/o
6 June 1942 HF915 57 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea w/o
23 June 1942 X3758 57 Sqn RAF 5 presumed lost over the sea - Niedersachsen mis
30 June 1942 Z1578 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea mis
30 June 1942 Z1618 57 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea, off Dutch coast mis
22 July 1942 X3584 57 Sqn RAF 5 Missing mis

Revision history:

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