ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53156
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| Date: | Saturday 6 September 1941 |
| Time: | 23:45 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9767 |
| MSN: | AA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between the Waterhoekdijk - Holtmaatsdijk roads, Haarlo, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Target - a chemical factory at Hüls (Krefeld) in Nordrhein-Westfalen
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield. All are buried in Borculo General Cemetery:
Pilot : P/O James Edward Johnson RAF 66519 (NCO:1166450) [Killed]
2/Pilot : Sgt Peter Simpson Dickson Johnston RAFVR 776002 [Killed]
Obs : Sgt Robert Michael Minchin RAFVR 751355 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt Wilfred Bearne RAFVR 976174 [Killed]
W/Op/AG : Sgt Ronald Davies RAFVR 751130 [Killed]
R/G : Sgt William John Barker RAFVR 1378561 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1252&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 138.
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 November 1941 | Z1099 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | Lauwerszee, Groningen prv | |
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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] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:32 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Operator, Operator] |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2020 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 01-Sep-2021 15:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 01-Sep-2021 15:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time] |
| 07-Sep-2022 07:53 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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