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| Date: | Friday 9 May 1941 |
| Time: | 02:48 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 214 (Federated Malay States) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R1226 |
| MSN: | BU-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Molenvaart canal, Breezand, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall, Suffolk |
Takeoff at 22:10 LT for an operation to Hamburg, Germany.
Shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Bergen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Squadron Leader Frank Leslie Herbert Eddison DFC RAFVR 39377 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Norman Mervyn Kebbell Kirkcaldie RNZAF NZ/401315 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant John Holt RAFVR 749319 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Kennedy Tait RAFVR 974125 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Arnot Flaws Wilson RAFVR 935907 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Cyril Paton RAFVR 904673 [Killed]
The crew were initially buried at Huisduinen, PL-67 but now all lie at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland (51.502028 / 4.332920).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1022&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 07-May-2019 11:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-May-2019 06:44 | stehlÃk49 | Updated [Operator] |
| 03-Nov-2019 11:31 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 07-May-2024 06:46 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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