ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53066
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 01:21 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9976 |
| MSN: | AA-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Sorremorre (Soarremoarre) hamlet, Nes, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Took off from RAF Feltwell for an operation to Berlin.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Lent of the Stab II./NJG 2, who was flying Bf 110 D-3 G9+FM from Leeuwarden airfield.
All are buried in the Canadian War Cemetery at Bergen op Zoom:
Sgt J W Black RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt T H Gray RNZAF (KIA)
Plt Off E Lloyd RNZAF (KIA)
Sgt L C Green (KIA)
Sgt J D Thompson (KIA)
Sgt C T Black (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1333&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 175.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 March 1942 | X3652 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 1 | Duisburg-Kasslerfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 23 April 1942 | X3487 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea west of Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2016 13:38 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Apr-2020 19:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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