Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC N2746,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53416
 
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Date:Thursday 13 March 1941
Time:23:08 LT
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator:214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF
Registration: N2746
MSN: BU-M
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the main road Ter Apel, Groningen prv -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Stradishall, Suffolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 20:00 for an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Paul Gildner of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 G9+HM from Leeuwarden airfield.

Crew:
Pilot Sgt. A.G. Elder 754780 RAF Groningen RP 2 25
Co-Pilot Sgt. V.L. Bagley 754080 RAF Groningen RP 2 26
Observer Sgt. S. Glazer 40621 RNzAF Groningen RP 2 26
Wo ag Sgt. J.La B. Tomkinson 701366 RAF Groningen RP 2 25
Air gunner Sgt. D.W. Waters 910761 RAF Survived POW
Air gunner Sgt. G.C. Daniel 618264 RAF Groningen RP 2 25

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T0964&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
30 November 1941 Z8953 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF 6 North Sea w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
11-Mar-2019 07:42 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Mar-2019 07:51 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
03-Nov-2019 11:31 Anon. Updated [Operator, Operator]
14-Jun-2022 09:46 Ron Averes Updated [Location]

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