Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC R1040,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53314
 
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Date:Tuesday 8 July 1941
Time:01:15
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:9 Sqn RAF
Registration: R1040
MSN: WS-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Wilhelminasingel street, Maastricht, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Honington
Destination airport:RAF Honington
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for an operation to Köln, Germany.
Coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.

The six crew members had left their burning machine, but did not survive. Their parachutes had not opened because they had to jump too low. Their bodies were found at an attics in the area.
The deceased are buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, the Netherlands:

P/O Douglas James Jamieson RNZAF (NZ/401386)
Sgt Wilfred George Jesson RNZAF (NZ/401388)
P/O Grosseth Keith Coates RCAF (R/3272)
Sgt Norman Walter Harding RAFVR (910064)
Sgt Cyril George Blandon RAF (645412)
Sgt John Stanley Burnside RAF (538670)
R.I.P.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1095&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://forum.mestreechonline.nl/showthread.php?t=3040
Royal Air force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World war 1941 Page 85.
Stichting 18 September

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
8 September 1941 Z8845 9 Sqn RAF 6 near the Bruggelaan road at Terwispel, Friesland 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

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
11-Nov-2014 20:11 gerard57 Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
01-May-2016 18:07 Red Dragon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
19-Sep-2018 13:19 Red Dragon Updated [Narrative]
30-Oct-2018 08:25 Nepa Updated [Operator, Operator]
08-Jul-2019 11:04 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
10-Jul-2019 16:39 TigerTimon Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative]
14-Dec-2021 09:54 Rob Davis Updated [Narrative]

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