Wellington Crash Photo - Info?
 

Gentlemen,

over there in the Luftwaffe and Axis section Ed West posted a link to these ebay auctions:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=200380283284
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...m=200380283371

Any info about the loss of this Wellington, mission and/or fate of its crew?

Cheers,
Christian

Re: Wellington Crash Photo - Info?
 

On Lost bombers website

Wellington DV439 Information

Type Wellington Serial Number DV439 Squadron 25OTU X1D PP-H Operation Düsseldorf Date 1 31st July 1942 Date 2 1st August 1942
Further Information

"Serial Range DV411 - DV458. 48 Wellington Mk.1C. Part of a batch of 425 Wellington Mk.1C. DV411-DV458; DV473-DV522; DV536-DV579; DV593-DV624; DV638-DV678; DV694-DV740; DV757-DV786; DV799-DV846; DV864-DV898; DV914-DV953 Mk.1C of which: DV491; DV594; DV617; DV704; DV738; DV761; DV762; DV822; DV886; DV920; DV921; DV924; DV942 converted to Mk.XV1 delivered by Vickers (Chester) between Nov41 and Jun42. T2909 was one of four 25OTU Wellingtons lost on this operation. See: T2909; DV560: DV829. Airborne 2341 31Jul42 from Finningley. Shot down from 13,000 feet by a night-fighter over Tilburg (Noord Brabant), Holland. Sgt Penney is buried in the Canadian plot at Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery. P/O Hamilton was very seriously wounded. P/O P.P.L.E.Welch PoW P/O J.Hamilton PoW Sgt S.Valensky RCAF PoW Sgt D.J.Veasey RCAF PoW Sgt W.F.Penney RCAF KIA P/O J.Hamilton although wounded, was interned in Camp L3, PoW No.597. Sgt S.Valansky in Camps 8B/344, PoW No.24582 with Sgt D.J.Veasey, PoW No.25142. P/O P.P.L.E.Welch in Camps L3/04C. Built "

regards

MS

Re: Wellington Crash Photo - Info?
 

The exact crash location is farmland named "De Finantien" at Loon op Zand, a small town near Tilburg.
The German night fighter was Schnaufer.
I wonder if Hamilton was wounded, as only Sanders Valensky was taken to a hospital as he was freed from under the a/c.
pp

Re: Wellington Crash Photo - Info?
 

Thank you Mark and Paul! This leaves no question left.

BTW: Please note that the lost bombers web site has the wrong aircraft letter for DV439. From the photo it becomes clear that it was "PP*D", not "PP*H"

Cheers,
Christian