ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53375
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| Date: | Thursday 12 June 1941 |
| Time: | 02:05 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 99 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P9281 |
| MSN: | LN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Schaijk, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Waterbeach |
| RAF Waterbeach |
Mission-Düsseldorf. Took off from RAF Waterbeach. The aircraft was coned by searchlights and shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinrich Macke of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield. Both survivors were wounded. Sgt Harley being the most seriously hurt with shrapnel embedded in his back. Those who died are buried in Uden War Cemetery:
Pilot - Sgt J A Barron +
Co-pilot - Sgt W W Hall pow
Navigator - Sgt D H Harley pow
Wireless operator - Sgt J A S Reid +
Air gunner - Sgt A E Hibbin +
Air gunner - Sgt J Beattie +
In 1989 Sgt Hall wrote a brief report of this action, followed by an account of his time spent as a prisoner of war. His book was published by Merlin books Limited under the title, Flyer's Tale.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1048&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 64.
ORB 99 Sqdn RAF
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1941 | R1440 | 99 Sqn RAF | 6 | IJsselmeer W of Hindeloopen, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 8 July 1941 | T2880 | 99 Sqn RAF | 0 | 'Strabrechtse heide' heath, Heeze, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2016 07:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 17:45 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 10-Jun-2019 07:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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