ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200896
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8714 |
| MSN: | PM-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 40 miles off Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Operation Fuller - Channel Dash. The aircraft was brought down, probably by Flak, and ditched in the icy waters of the North Sea. The surviving four crew members managed to use their inflatable dinghy but it was not until 2.40 pm the next day that they were rescued by the Kriegsmarine near the Dutch coast. The V1301 'Uranus' transported them to Amsterdam in the following days from where they were sent to interrogation centres and on to various POW camps.
Crew:-
*Pilot : Squadron Leader Ian Kingston Pembroke Cross RAF 39305 [PoW, died later] Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 189.
Observer : Sergeant Roy Albert Eshelby RAF 1252991 [PoW] Stalag Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang. PoW Number 24758
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Melville James RAFVR 923885 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Donald Richard George Holmes RAFVR 1264339 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial
Air Gunner : Sergeant William Charles Donald Gallop RAF 1381643 [PoW] Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 24757
Crew : Flight Lieutenant Richard Mannering Phillipps RAF 80563 (NCO:749585 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 July, 1940) [PoW] Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 24.
*Sqn Ldr I K P Cross -After two years as a POW he was to tragically lose his life in 1944 after taking part in the 'Great Escape' on the evening of March 24th.When recaptured he was one of those 50 officers murdered by Gestapo agents Lux and Scharpwinkel on the 31st March and was cremated in Gorlitz near today's border of the Czech Republic and Poland. His ashes were later taken to Poznan in Poland and buried in the Old Garrison Cemetery in Citadel Park.
Sources:
1. Bomber Command losses 1942
2. CWGC
3. RAF Prisoners of War
4. 626-squadron.co.uk/willem27.htm
5. Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 January 1942 | Z1142 | 103 Sqn RAF | 0 | west of Wilhelmshaven, Niedersachsen |  |
sub |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2017 22:26 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:49 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-Feb-2021 21:14 | Anon. | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Operator] |
| 13-Jun-2022 20:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 12-Feb-2024 07:47 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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