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Date: Wednesday 6 August 1941
Time:
Type: Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different
Vickers Wellington Mk IC
Owner/operator: 115 Sqn RAF
Registration:
MSN:
Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: Zuurbemde, Flemish Brabant - Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Marham, UK
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Shot down during a bombing raid on targets in Germany. All six crew members survived the crash and became POW.
Vickers Wellington of the 115th RAF squadron took place at this location on the night of August 5 to 6, 1941. This aircraft with six occupants crashed here and was shot down by pilot Lieutenant Hans Redlich of the German Air Force. The six English occupants: pilot Litchfield. Pilot Jones. Sergeant Boutle. Sergeant Lawson. Sergeant Lambert and Sergeant Walker were injured. At the request of Mayor Victor Mertens, Doctor Eugene Homans went to, rie pleats var-
wounded soldiers and treated their wounds and administered morphine to the three most seriously injured. The resistance was unable to remove them in time and they were all captured by the Germans and, after receiving care in Leuven, taken to Poland as prisoners of war.
Date: Sunday 17 August 1941
Time: 01:55 LT
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V
Owner/operator: 10 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z6586
MSN: ZA-F
Fatalities: Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities: 0
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location: near Martenslinde, Bilzen, Limburg - Belgium
Phase: Combat
Nature: Military
Departure airport: RAF Leeming, North Yorkshire
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:02 hrs for an operation to Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Griese of the 1./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
- Accident Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V Z6586, Sunday 17 August 1941
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- Accident Vickers Wellington Mk IC , Wednesday 6 August 1941