eBay: Radar systems: Würzburg, Allied etc.

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Notice 20mm and 88mm flak on the train

 

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FuSE65E Giant Wurzburg

 

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You do not often get the change to link a radar crew to a loss with a picture...

Found this one: One with a kill mark , a Vickers Wellington. Noticed Hoogvliet , That is Holland. Must have been this unfortuned crew:

8/9 Nov 41 2215 Crashed at Zuidland, 20 km sw of Rotterdam Wellington Ic Z8942 75 Sqdn Sgt. J.S. Wilson

1941-11-09, Wellington Z8942


Zuidland
Wellington Z8942 Information
Type Wellington
Serial Number Z8942
Squadron 75
X1D AA-?
Operation Essen
Date 1 8th November 1941
Date 2 9th November 1941


Further Information
"Serial Range Z8942 - Z8991. 50 Wellington Mk.1C. Part of a batch of 450 Wellington Mk.1C/11/V111. Z8942-Z8991; Z9016-Z9045; Z9095-Z9114 (250) Mk.1C and V111 delivered by Vickers (Weybridge) between May41 and Nov42. Z8709; Z8831; Z8850 converted to Mk.XV1. Z8750 experimentally fitted by Rolls-Royce with a Rovber built W2B 'booster unit' (Whittle Jet Engine. Z8416 for Vickers 'S' Gun tests. Z8942 was one of three 75 Sqdn Wellingtons lost on this operation. See: X9628; X9977.

Mission

Airborne from Feltwell. Shot down by Flak and crashed 2215 8Nov41 at Zuidland (Zuid Holland), 20 km SW of Rotterdam. Those killed are buried in the city's Crooswijk General Cemetery.

The sole survivor, Sgt Hope, was killed 19Apr45 by Allied fighter bombers which mistakenly attacked the PoW column in which he was marching. he is buried in the Berlin 1939-45 War Cemetery.


Crew

Sgt Sir C.T.H.Mappin was the 4th Baronet and son of T.W. and V.M.Mappin.
Sgt J.S.Wilson RNZAF KIA

P/O R.O.Foster RNZAF KIA

P/O R.L.O.Ryder RAAF KIA

Sgt J.H.Reid KIA

Sgt Sir C.T.H.Mappin KIA

Sgt L.B.H.Hope RNZAF PoW "

 

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Essen 1944

 

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Interesting shots!

 

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Notice kill marks, Duisburg 1944

 

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excellent stuff......

 

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Good stuff!