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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8376 |
| MSN: | PH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oberlohberg, Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Shot down by night fighter (Lt Alois Lechner, III/NJG2) and crashed near Dusseldorf, where the crew were initially buried.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer Alan Albert Waddell RAAF Aus/408133 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Arnold Adolf Seifert RCAF R/80202 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Herbert Bottomley RAFVR 1360092 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Edward Savage Masson RAF 817211 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Robert George Kenyon Holden RAAF Aus/403092 [Killed]
All five rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, Germany (51.740880 / 6.082017)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/waddell-alan-albert.html
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 20-Apr-2020 20:48 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 21-May-2024 11:38 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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