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| Date: | Sunday 12 October 1941 |
| Time: | 21:48 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1757 |
| MSN: | DX-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | marsh at Baarloseweg, Marknesse, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| RAF Feltwell |
Took off from RAF Feltwell at 19:00 hrs for an operation to Nürnberg in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Siegfried Ney of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Do 215 B-5 G9+WM from Leeuwarden airfield; crashed into a marsh near Blankenham (Overijssel) on the NE edge of the Noord-Oost-Polder.
Four of the crew are buried in Emmeloord General Cemetery, but the grave of Plt Off Myers (RCAF) is located in the General Cemetery at Kuinre:
Pilot: 1259260 Sergeant Arthur William Jeffries RAFVR - KIA
2nd Pilot: J/5331 Pilot Officer Hilyard Lowell Myers RCAF - KIA
Observor: 404531 Sergeant Percy Frederick Meadows Cooke RNZAF - KIA
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/68121 Flight Sergeant William Harold Stanley Byers RCAF - KIA
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sergeant 1261700 William Christopher Wood RAFVR - KIA
Air Gunner: 1207719 Sergeant Leonard Rickard RAFVR - PoW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1293&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 159.
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=R1757
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=R1757&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-May-2016 16:53 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-Apr-2020 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 07-Apr-2020 15:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:54 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 28-Jun-2024 06:17 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2024 08:52 | tacchel | Updated [Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jul-2024 08:52 | ASN | Updated [Country] |
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