ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53065
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Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
Time: | 21:36 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X9977 |
MSN: | AA-D |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | IJzevoorde, Doetinchem, Gelderland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Essen, Germany.
Homeward-bound and over Germany, the aircraft was shot up by Flak. Over the Netherlands, it was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Werner Rowlin of the 7./NJG 1 based at Fliegerhorst Twente.
The crew all rest in Doetinchem cemetery:
Pilot Sgt. G.S. Nunn 1252728 RAF / grave 1 4 / 20 years old
Second Pilot Sgt. T.Y. Wyllie 404011 RNzAF / grave 1 6 / 25 years old
Observer Sgt. R. Dundas 986084 RAF / grave 1 8 / 23 years old
Wireless Operator F/Sgt. A.H. Harrison 403000 RNzAF / grave 1 7 / 25 years old
Air Gunner F/Sgt. T.E. Elliot R/52050 RCAF / grave 1 5
Air Gunner Sgt. W. Massey 1365268 RAF / grave 1 3 / 33 years old
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1334&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
23 April 1942 |
X3667 |
75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
6 |
Missing |
|
w/o |
29 June 1942 |
Z1616 |
75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
5 |
near Red House Farm at Methwold, near Thetford, Norfolk, England |
|
w/o |
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
26-Feb-2019 19:59 |
Anon. |
Updated [Cn, Operator] |
28-Apr-2019 10:42 |
stehlik49 |
Updated [Operator] |
13-Apr-2020 05:36 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
11-Jan-2021 10:52 |
Anon. |
Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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