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Wellington-loss
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I have a photo with the remains of a Wellinton, the Serial Number was R 153?, a big white E or F was on a part of the plane. There was no more informations on the photo, who can help me with thiss loss. Greetings Christian Last edited by christian; 10th March 2015 at 19:45. |
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Re: Wellington-loss
Hello ,
Perhaps this is the lost you are looking for : 19/06/1941 20/06/1941 99 Sqdn Wellington Ic R1537 LN- Waterbeach Köln Sgt R H Davis POW Sergeant R I Gemmill RCAF POW NZ.401495 Pilot Officer J McB Kerr RNZAF POW Sergeant H Mahoney POW Sergeant H H Bedard RCAF KIA Reichswald Forrest cemetery Squadron Leader B J Rogers AFC KIA Reichswald Forrest Cemetery Regards Alain57 |
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Re: Wellington-loss
Hi,
No.218 lost R1536 HA-G on July 15th 1941. This was a MkIc Wellington. Crashed Roggel (Limburg) at 00:55hrs. Regards Steve
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Re: Wellington-loss
Hi Christian,
I believe this is probably 218 Squadron Wellington R1536 coded HA-G, I have the following info: 15-16 July 1941 Hptm. Werner Streib: 17 Stab I./NJG1 Wellington Roggel, 8 km. NE Weert 00.54 218 Sqn Wellington R1536 I'd be very interested in a high res. scan of the photo, for possible publication in my forthcoming book the Nachtjagd War Diaries 2nd edition, you can contact me on theoboitenATgmail.com AT = @ Cheers, Theo |
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Re: Wellington-loss
Hi Christian,
The 218 Association would also appreciate a copy for our archives. Thanks in advance. squadron218 AT yahoo.co.uk Steve
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Re: Wellington-loss
Hi Guys
Thank you for so much informations, i think it was the Wellington from Theo. Greetings Christian |
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Re: Wellington-loss
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Did you manage to send the photograph ? Kind regards Steve
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