ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53080
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| Date: | Friday 31 October 1941 |
| Time: | 21:05 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9873 |
| MSN: | KO-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Beach pole 3, Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mission : Bremen. Took off from RAF Marham at 1750 hrs. Attacked by a night-fighter (Ofw Paul Gildner 4./NJG1) and crash-landed on the Dutch island of Schiermonnikoog, from where the crew were taken into captivity. W.O. Snowden was a very senior NCO pilot whose service number suggests a career starting in the early 1920's.
Crew
WO J W B Snowden (POW)
Sgt H E Woolley RCAF (POW)
Sgt A E Robertson (POW)
Sgt P V Brazier RCAF (POW)
Sgt A W Clarke RCAF (POW)
Flt Sgt P J C Darvill
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1321&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 170.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1941 | R1509 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | Deinstedt, Niedersachsen |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-May-2016 06:14 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 16-Feb-2019 16:17 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 10-Apr-2020 14:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:37 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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