ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53225
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| Date: | Friday 15 August 1941 |
| Time: | 03:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1016 |
| MSN: | JN-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 2 km W of Workum, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
| RAF Snaith |
Operation - Hannover, Germany. Took off from RAF Snaith at 2145 hrs (local time). Over Hannover and between 00:52 and 01:01 (German time), the aircraft was damaged by Flak, setting the starboard engine on fire. On return and while flying on one engine, the Wimpey was ditched in the IJsselmeer.
Sgt Barton is buried in the Northern General Cemetery at Leeuwarden:
Crew:-
Pilot : Sgt James Douglas Elder RAF 912857 [PoW]
2/Pilot : Sgt Henry Harvey Molyneux Barton RAFVR 1377210 [Killed]
Crew : Sgt Cyril Davies RAF 947993 [PoW]
Crew : Sgt Herbert Dodsworth RAF 952805 [PoW]
Crew : Sgt Ernest William McConchie RNZAF NZ/391330 [PoW]
Crew : Sgt John William Whittingham RAF 549187 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1187&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 118.#
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 May 1942 | X3407 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea probably off Texel, Noord-Holland | |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | X3797 | 150 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tannington Suffolk |  |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | X3310 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bornwird - Raard; Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-May-2016 06:25 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Oct-2018 08:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 03-Mar-2020 12:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2020 13:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Aug-2022 06:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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