ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203226
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| Date: | Thursday 7 May 1942 |
| Time: | 01:58 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3591 |
| MSN: | KO-K |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Siefersheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 21:41 hrs for an operation against Stuttgart in Baden-Württemberg.
Intercepted and shot down by Leutnant Heinz-Martin Hadeball of the 8./NJG 4 operating from Mainz-Finthen airfield.
Flt Lt Sword and Sgt Batty may have died due to loose parachute harness.
Crew:-
Pilot: 84698 Flt Lt John Arthur Sword - Rheinberg War Cemetery 9. L. 1.
Pilot:79545 Fg Off Bertram Henry James Watson PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 784.
Observer:986627 Flt Sgt Harry Willan Batty - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 22. B. 13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1307663 Sgt George Sidney Brown PoW Luft 1 Barth Vogelsang. PoW Number 800.
Air Gunner: 529230 Flt Sgt Thomas Lewis Claude Nickson PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 79.
Air Gunner:1186873 Flt Sgt Cecil Joseph Haynes PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 58.
Sources:
115 Sqn Association
RAF Prisoners of war
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg4.htm
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09X3591+&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 September 1940 | T2549 | 115 Sqn RAF | 4 | Talge, Bersenbrück, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 17 November 1940 | P9286 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | Groetpolder, Winkel, Noord-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 28 April 1942 | X3639 | 115 Sqn RAF | 4 | Köln-Niehl, Neusser Landstr. | |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | X3560 | 115 Sqn RAF | 0 | Nijnsel - Sint-Oedenrode; Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | BJ670 | 115 Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea 10 km N of Schiermonnikoog, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 25 October 1942 | BK306 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea near Goedereede, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
| Ditching | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2017 14:32 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2022 17:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2024 14:17 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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