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Aggersund Dänemark 1940 OJ-J P9218 21-04-1940 Sunday

Substantially damaged force landed during air operations to attack Aalborg Aerodrome, Denmark, 21 April 1940. Took off from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk at 17:55 hours. During the attack on Aalborg West airfield Wellington P9218 was hit by flak from 5./Res. Flak Abt. 603 in one engine, and had to ditch in the Limfjorden 500 meters east of the Aggersund bridge, Nordjylland, Denmark, at 21:50 hours. All six crew survived, were captured, and taken as POWs

Crew of Wellington P9218:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Frederick T. Knight - POW
AC.2 (Wireless Operator) James J. Eldridge - POW
Sgt W.G.McDonald - POW
Sgt Gerald Edwin Forsyth - POW
AC.2 Philip Blackburn (Air Gunner) - POW
AC.1 William J.Thew - POW


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Substantially damaged force landed during air operations to attack Aalborg Aerodrome, Denmark, 21 April 1940. Took off from RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk at 17:55 hours. During the attack on Aalborg West airfield Wellington P9218 was hit by flak from 5./Res. Flak Abt. 603 in one engine, and had to ditch in the Limfjorden 500 meters east of the Aggersund bridge, Nordjylland, Denmark, at 21:50 hours. All six crew survived, were captured, and taken as POWs

Crew of Wellington P9218:
Flying Officer (Pilot) Frederick T. Knight - POW
AC.2 (Wireless Operator) James J. Eldridge - POW
Sgt W.G.McDonald - POW
Sgt Gerald Edwin Forsyth - POW
AC.2 Philip Blackburn (Air Gunner) - POW
AC.1 William J.Thew - POW

 
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Vickers Wellington Mk II W5442 PU-V

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Vickers Wellington Mk II
Owner/operator:12 Squadron Royal Air Force (12 Sqn RAF)
Registration: W5442
MSN: PH-B
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location:along the Kagerweg road near Beverwijk, Noord-Holland -
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Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Waltham
Destination airport:
Narrative:
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Departure Airfield: RAF Waltham (Binbrook too boggy for heavy bomber take-off)
Takeoff time: 20:39


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Wellington VIII MF444 524 Sqr, Royal Air Force Coastal Command D-Day stripes forced landing Manston on 12-07-1944 Wednesday 0220Hrs. MF444 is listed as SOC 28-02-1947 Friday.

The squadron carried out night operations of the French coast in preparation for D-Day, mainly attacking E-boats and submarines but also other shipping.[7] It also provided escort to Coastal Command Beaufighters carrying out night strikes. After the Normandy Invasion the squadron moved to the east of England to RAF Docking in a similar role along the Dutch coast. The squadron also directed surface vessels to attack enemy shipping. No. 524 Squadron RAF - Wikipedia

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captured Beute Emblem tennis racket colour

Vickers Wellington Mk IC T2501 LN-F became lost in the night from 4 on 5 December 1940. Aircraft landed in Vitry-en-Artois, where the KG 53 was stationed at this time, and in February 1941 was transferred to Rechlin for testing. Mission4Today › Downloads 4 Mods › Wellington T2501 - RAF No 99 Squadron and Luftwaffe

more en personal detail 99 Squadron Wellington IC T2501 LN-F F/O. Frank Vivian, RAF Newmarket, Luftwaffe Airfield, KG53, Vitry-en-Artois, France

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Wellington wreck (MP705) located near the Sifnos Island at the Cyclades, Aegean Sea. The aircraft ditched there after it suffered battle-damage during the night of Nov 7, 1943. All members of the crew reached the coast safely.
 


IMHO the serial could be W566? though. But the W 568? seems to be fit as well. The "W" serials indicate the Mk.II series but she looks like the the Mk.IC. No wonder, the order from the Weybridge , the contract no. B71441/40 for 300 Mk.II ( initially for 400 Ic and 400 II ) was changed and a part of the Wellington series was built as Mk.Ic and Mk.VIII. The landscape is similar to the one of the North Africa. The individual code latter is "V". The possible serials are W5660,5663-5669. I would exclude the W5668 because it was a Wellington Ic coded "T", initially belonged to the no.304 squadron and then to the no.311 one. Also the W5663 Mk.Ic of no.75 (NZ) Sqn. coded AA-O and lost in 1941 over Germany. The W5664, 103 Squadron lost over Germany 1942. The W5665, 300 Squadron lost over Germany 1941. the W5666, 300 Squadron crashed at sea 1941. The W5667, 14 OTU collision in the air 1943. The W5669 - ?.

The W5680, 99 Squadron, 12 June 1941 lost obver Germany. The W5681, 38 Squadron, 6 May 1941 crashed at El Qasba, Egypt. The W5682, 311 Sqdn. lost in an aircraft accident over Devon in 1942. The W5683, 148 Squadron, 6 September 1941 crashed south east of Benghazi, Libya. The W5684, 115 Squadron, 3 September 1941 lost due to the bad weather over Devon. The W5685, 37 Squadron, at Shallufa, Egypt, 29 May 1941 collision with another Wellington. The W5686 ?. The W5687, Delivery Flight J, 7 May 1941, aircraft accident at sea east of Gibraltar. The W5688 14 OTU. The W5689 ?.
 
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