ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53149
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| Date: | Monday 8 September 1941 |
| Time: | 04:58 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1798 |
| MSN: | KO-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Drachtstercompagnie, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| RAF Marham |
Mission : Berlin. Took off from RAF Marham at 2023 hrs. Shot down by a night-fighter (Oblt Helmut Lent 4./NJG1) and crashed 0458 hrs near Drachtstercompagnie (Friesland) 4 km NE of Drachten, Holland. All are buried in Smallingerland
(Drachtstercompagnie) Protestant Churchyard.
Crew
Sgt I P McH Gordon (KIA)
Flt Sgt J G O'H Keating RCAF (KIA)
Plt Off R Le M Cox (KIA)
Sgt G A Cook (KIA)
Sgt J G Selley (KIA)
Sgt F A Baty RNZAF (KIA)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1260&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 141.
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 11 May 1941 | R1379 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | near Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
| 30 September 1941 | X9673 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Hittfeld railway station, Seevetal, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | X3596 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | IJsselmeer 3.5 km W of Urk, Overijssel | |
w/o |
| 22 July 1942 | X3750 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 6 October 1942 | BK313 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-May-2016 16:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:40 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Departure airport, Operator] |
| 24-Mar-2020 19:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source] |
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