ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53379
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| Date: | Monday 9 June 1941 |
| Time: | 18:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2620 |
| MSN: | WS-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington |
| RAF Honington |
Mission-Armed Reconnaissance. Took off from RAF Honington at at 1536 hrs. Lost in circumstances similar to R1758. The aircraft was shot down by a Bf 109 of Jagdgeschwader 26 near Vlissingen.
Sgt Mansfield rests in the Canadian War Cemetery at Adegen in Belguim, while at Vlissingen in Holland can be found the grave of Sgt Partington, whose parents lived in Buenos Aires. The rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
Pilot - Fg Off D F Lamb DFC +
Co-pilot - Sgt C J Partington +
Observer - Sgt D J Mansfield +
Wireless operator - Sgt D A Humphrey +
Air gunner - Sgt R S Bunce +
Air gunner - Sgt W A Eccles pow
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1046&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
LW claims by Michael Balss
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 63
ORB 9 Sqdn RAF
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 July 1940 | L7795 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Eckernförder Bucht bay, Schleswig-Holstein |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Apr-2016 06:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 18:06 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source] |
| 08-Jun-2019 08:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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