ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 244596
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Date: | Monday 9 November 1942 |
Time: | 20:15 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
Registration: | BJ711 |
MSN: | QT-Z |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Hamburg-Ohlsdorf -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Takeoff at 17:40 hrs for a bombing operation against Hamburg.
Over the target, the aircraft was hit by heavy Flak of the 1. & 3./gemischte Flak-Abteilung 162, 3. & 4./schwere Flak-Abteilung 613 and 1./Luftsperr-Abteilung 201; crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer William Thomas Bent DFM RCAF J/15845 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant John Bradley RAFVR 1199393 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Aubrey Arthur Smith RAFVR 143198 (NCO:927160 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 23 March, 1943) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Isaac Kennedy RNZAF NZ/403012 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Archibald Sinclair RAFVR 995657 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer George David Ronald Thompson RAFVR 109082 (NCO:945467 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 25 November, 1941) [Killed]
The six crew is buried at the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (53.621319 / 10.053845)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ711 Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 May 1942 |
Z1209 |
142 Sqn RAF |
5 |
missing - North Sea off West Flanders |
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mis |
2 June 1942 |
Z1410 |
142 Sqn RAF |
5 |
Thoresby Bridge, near North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, England |
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w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
02-Nov-2020 19:30 |
TigerTimon |
Added |
08-May-2024 11:49 |
Rob Davis |
Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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