Wellington X9739 IC - Bombing - 1941-11-07 to 1941-11-08
Squadron: 99 (B) Balloon (RAF)
Start Date: 1941-11-07
Completion Date: 1941-11-08
Mission: Bombing
Operation: unspecified
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Target Specific:
Base: RAF Waterbeach
Take Off Time: 17:22:00
Squadron Code: LN-
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Crash City: Germany
Crash Specifics: Wittorf, Germany, South-West of Frankfurt, mid-way between Stuttgart and Nuremberg
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
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War Diary Unavailable
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99 (Madras Presidency) Squadron RAF (Quisque tenax) RAF Waterbeach. Wellington Ic aircraft X9739 LN- was shot down by heavy flak during an operation against targets in Berlin Germany. The aircraft was claimed by multiple flak batteries: Reserve Flak Abteilung 801, Reserve Flak Abteilung 232, Reserve Flak Abteilung 907 and 5/Schwere Flakers Abteilung 6. The Wellington crashed near Wittorf, Germany, South-West of Frankfurt, mid-way between Stuttgart and Nuremberg

Sergeant Raymond Dean (RAFVR) and Sergeant Alexander Mackenzie (RAFVR) were both killed in action.

Warrant Officer 1st Class Murray Gerald Bowen (RCAF), Flight Lieutenant Harry Albert Goodwin DFC (RAFVR), Flight Lieutenant Harry Hubert Henderson (RAF) and Pilot Officer William Dermot Moore (RAFVR) all survived to become Prisoners of War

Nachtjagd Combat Archive, The Early Years Part 2, 13 July 1941 - 26 May 1942 by Theo Boiten, page 67

Unvetted Source Royal Air Force Serial and Image Database

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Unvetted Source Vickers 416 Wellington IC I Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives

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