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| Date: | Thursday 25 July 1940 |
| Time: | 23:45 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | R3235 |
| MSN: | AA-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 1 km east of Uitdam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Norfolk |
Took off from Feltwell, Norfolk. Target; Kassel marshalling yards. Failed To Return. On the return flight, hit by Flak and ditched.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flying Officer William Harcourt Coleman DFC RNZAF NZ/2526 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Pilot Officer Frank Twain Poole RAF 42722 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 03 October, 1939) [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Norman Wilson Brown DFM RAF 518807 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant John Dowds RAF 632780 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant William Eric Nevill RAF 631165 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Donald Francis Annan RNZAF NZ/391377 [Killed]
The corpse of navigator Norman Wilson Brown was caught in the net of fishingboat VD 46 on 5th or 6th of August 1940 near the island of Marken. Skipper Jan Kes brought the corpse to the harbour of the Dutch fishing village of Volendam, 20 kilometers from Amsterdam. Grave of Norman Brown on New Eastern Cemetery, plot 69A, number 25 in Amsterdam.
Sources:
1. http://www.nimh.nl/nl/images/1940%20sec_tcm5-7281.pdf
2. http://adf-serials.com.au/nz-serials/nzwellington.htm
3. http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?108971-No-75-(NZ)-Squadron-Vickers-Wellingtons
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
5 Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-May-2014 19:28 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2014 07:04 | Oezil | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 30-Sep-2015 14:33 | sandman56 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2016 16:34 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2016 16:52 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 19-Sep-2016 17:11 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Sep-2016 18:52 | Anon. | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Sep-2016 18:54 | harro | Updated [Embed code, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 23-Jul-2019 14:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:00 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 18-Aug-2022 21:42 | Nepa | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 26-Mar-2024 19:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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