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| Date: | Sunday 11 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:52 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1379 |
| MSN: | KO-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Tönning, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 22:17 LT for an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by the combined fire of a Bf 110 night fighter (flown by Leutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin of the 6./NJG 1), machine gun defences of Seefliegerhorst (seaplane station) Tönning and light Flak of the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 770 (o) and crash-landed. The pilot was killed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant John Anderson RAFVR 969380 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Alex McBride Kerr RAAF Aus/406012 [PoW]
Navigator : Sergeant William John Albert "Bill" Legg RAF 914194 [PoW]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Geoffrey William Hogg RAF 911754 [PoW]
Front Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Bernard Morgan RAF 946930 [PoW]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant David W Fraser RAF 633414 [PoW]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Aircrew Remembered - http://www.aircrewremembered.com/anderson-john.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-May-2019 21:21 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 12-May-2019 12:16 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 09-May-2024 07:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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