ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202294
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Date: | Monday 6 April 1942 |
Time: | 03:50 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk III |
Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
Registration: | X3661 |
MSN: | AA- |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | Robert-Koch-Straße street in Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
Germany
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - Köln.
The aircraft was hit by the 1./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 514 and impacted in the Robert-Koch-Straße at 03:50.
Pilot: NZ404967 Flt Sgt G J E Thomas RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 24800.
2nd Pilot: NZ404410 Flt Sgt S MacI Robertson RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 26
Navigator: NZ405455 Sgt W G Reay RNZAF PoW Luft 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24799.
Wireless Operator: NZ402058 Sgt W H Harris RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 4 Sagan and Belaria. PoW Number 24836.
Air Gunner: 1169410 Sgt S W Roynon PoW Luft 3444 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24834.
Air Gunner: 938765 Sgt P G Dorrell PoW Luft 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 24847.
Sources:
75 Squadron Association
Bomber command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
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Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
28-Nov-2017 18:58 |
Red Dragon |
Added |
27-Oct-2018 19:49 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
28-Apr-2019 11:40 |
Anon. |
Updated [Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
16-Apr-2020 16:53 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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