ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202782
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| Date: | Thursday 23 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:50. |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 9 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3358 |
| MSN: | WS- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dormagen-Hackenbroich, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honington, Suffolk |
| Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen |
Hit by 1-3/Res Flak Abt 381, 2/Res Flak Abt 514 and 1/Res Flak Abt 512 (7 Flak Division) and 3/Res Flak Abt 133 (4 Flak Division). Aircraft crashed at Domagen-Hackenbroich at 00:50.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Alan Maurice Hale RAF 104422 (NCO:1193588 : Commission Gazetted Friday 19 September, 1941) [PoW] Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 197.
Observer : Pilot Officer Henry Alfred Schumm RAFVR 117134 (NCO:994349 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 April, 1942) [Killed] Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. A. 25.
Sergeant Laurie Arthur Green RAF 1263158 [PoW] Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 53.
Sergeant Hugh John Lawrie RAF 934101 [PoW] Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 245.
Sergeant William George Victor McKie RAF 1261401 [PoW] Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 251.
Sergeant Harol Arthur Rains RAF 943254 [PoW] Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 267.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 April 1941 | R1281 | 9 Sqn RAF | 0 | Arrien, municipality Ommen, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
| 13 August 1941 | R1513 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Weser river mouth near Weddewarden, Bremerhaven | |
w/o |
| 15 February 1942 | X3398 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Off Clacton on Sea |  |
unk |
| 9 March 1942 | X3641 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea north of Noord-Holland | |
mis |
| 9 March 1942 | X3643 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Harleston 16 miles South of Norwich | |
w/o |
| 9 March 1942 | X3411 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | ditched in the North Sea | |
w/o |
| 6 April 1942 | X3415 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | railway station of Sechtem, Bornheim, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 10 April 1942 | X3702 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Nievenheim (Zinkhüttenweg), Dormagen, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | X3722 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Moers-Vinn, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 26 April 1942 | X3226 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | - missing - |  |
mis |
| 29 April 1942 | X3716 | 9 Sqn RAF | 6 | Holbøl, Kruså, Syddanmark |  |
w/o |
| 9 May 1942 | X3369 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Rostock, Mecklenburg | |
w/o |
| 18 May 1942 | X3276 | 9 Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 31 May 1942 | X3469 | 9 Sqn RAF | 1 | Retie, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2017 20:06 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 12-Nov-2018 14:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-May-2019 20:00 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 14:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source] |
| 22-Apr-2024 06:37 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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