ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 235919
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:25 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3606 |
| MSN: | WS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Bürgerpark in Bremen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 23:09 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak of the 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 262 and crashed into the Bürgerpark.
Crew:-
Pilot : S/L Harry Ledger RAF 36124 [Killed]
Obs : P/O Gerard McKee Beech RCAF J/9160 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : P/O John Eric Coleman RAFVR 106074 [Killed] (NCO:1164544 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 07 October, 1941)
W/Op/AG : F/S Jack Robert Ludkin RAF 638777 [Killed]
Crew : F/S D A Hunter RAF 1116774 [PoW]
Casualties rest at the Becklingen War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3606
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1941 | R1040 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Wilhelminasingel street, Maastricht, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 8 September 1941 | Z8845 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Bruggelaan road at Terwispel, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 6 January 1942 | X3388 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 24 July 1942 | Z1577 | 9 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | BJ878 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hasselbeck, Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-May-2020 09:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 02-May-2022 11:26 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jul-2023 07:27 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Source, Narrative]] |
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