ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53067
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| Date: | Saturday 8 November 1941 |
| Time: | 00:41 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1606 |
| MSN: | JN-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer E of Medemblik, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
| RAF Snaith |
Took off from RAF Snaith at 18:20 hrs local time for an operation to Mannheim in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2 who had taken off from Bergen airfield; crashed into the IJsselmeer.
Sgt Evans and Sgt Parsons are buried in the Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery; the rest of the crew are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Sgt L J Atkins (KIA)
Sgt V G Knighton (KIA)
Sgt R A Bramley (KIA)
Sgt S G T Farman (KIA)
Sgt H Evans (KIA)
Sgt W F Parsons (KIA)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1332&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 177.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 26 July 1942 | X3795 | 150 Sqn RAF | 1 | North Sea off Den Haag, 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 [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 08:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 11-Apr-2020 19:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-Apr-2020 20:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 23:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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