ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53147
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| Date: | Monday 8 September 1941 |
| Time: | 04:59 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8845 |
| MSN: | WS-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Bruggelaan road at Terwispel, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
| RAF Honington |
Mission : Berlin. Took off from RAF Honington at 20:30 hrs. Last heard on w/t at 00:50 hrs sending NAP. Believed shot down shortly after this by a night-fighter (Oblt Helmut Lent 4./NJG1) and crashed at Terwispel (Friesland), 10 km SSW of Drachten, Holland. All are buried in Gorredijk General Cemetery. (Note. The precise meaning of NAP has not been established, but it is thought to allude to the success, or otherwise of the mission).
Crew
Sgt J C Saich DFM (KIA)
Sgt R A Banks (KIA)
Sgt W P Lowe RCAF (KIA)
Sgt W R Balls (KIA)
Sgt E Trott (KIA)
Sgt A S Macdonald (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1259&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 140.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 July 1941 | R1040 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Wilhelminasingel street, Maastricht, Limburg | |
w/o |
| 6 January 1942 | X3388 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | RAF Coningsby, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 24 July 1942 | Z1577 | 9 Sqn RAF | 2 | Wetten, Kevelaer, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3456 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | off the Frisian islands |  |
w/o |
| 29 July 1942 | X3606 | 9 Sqn RAF | 4 | Bürgerpark in Bremen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | BJ878 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hasselbeck, Ratingen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-May-2016 20:25 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 24-Mar-2020 20:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source] |
| 24-Mar-2020 20:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
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