ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201261
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| Date: | Monday 9 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:40 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV447 |
| MSN: | JN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gescher railway station, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 00:20 LT for an operation to Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands - 300m SE of Gescher railway station (4B) at 22:28.
Crew:-
Pilot Sqn Ldr John Paul Vipond Nicholls MiD Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 12. C. 6-9. RAF 40560
2nd Pilot: Plt Off George Wilkinson Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 12. C. 5. RAFVR 103045 (NCO:1119629 Commission Gazetted : Friday 05 September, 1941)
Observer: Plt Off Oswald William Suckling RAAF Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 12. C. 6-9. RNZAF NZ/404567
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt Peter Henry Crabb Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 12. C. 6-9. RAFVR 1175836
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Sgt Charles Oliver Forrester Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 12. C. 4. RAFVR 1375456
Air Gunner: Flt Sgt Daniel Driscoll Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 12. C. 6-9. RAFVR 968778
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV447
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 February 1942 | R1463 | 150 Sqn RAF | 4 | Asterby Top Farm Goulceby, 7 miles SW Louth Lincolnshire |  |
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| 6 May 1942 | X3451 | 150 Sqn RAF | 0 | A field near Askern to the north of Doncaster | |
unk |
| 6 May 1942 | X3673 | 150 Sqn RAF | 0 | Blyton Yorkshire | |
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| 30 July 1942 | BJ881 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Pihen-lès-Guînes, Pas-de-Calais département |  |
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Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Nov-2017 20:23 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 13-Nov-2017 20:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 30-Oct-2018 08:30 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-Nov-2019 20:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative] |
| 07-Nov-2019 20:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 09-Mar-2024 13:52 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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