BJ730
Crashes > of the R.A.F.
369 aircraft took off to bomb Essen on the evening of 16 September 1942. German night fighters and anti-aircraft aircraft began their attacks on the bomber fleet as they approached over Holland. 39 aircraft did not return to their home harbour.
Among them was the Wellington III, BJ730. It was hit by anti-aircraft fire and crashed near Bottenbroich, about 700 metres from the "Fürstenberg" open-cast mine.*
The entire crew lost their lives and were buried in Cologne's Südfriedhof cemetery. .
The exact circumstances of the crash of the BJ730 and the exact location of the crash site are not known.
The statements and documents on this are contradictory or incomplete
* Additional source:
National Archives Washington , T971-0010
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below:
The crash area around Bottenbroich
Above:
Notification of the shooting down of the Wellington
below:
Extract from the anti-aircraft diary of 16/17 September 1942
about the shooting down of the Wellington
bottom left:
The pilot of the BJ730, Pilot Officer Francis James Adams