ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203497
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| Date: | Monday 18 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:49 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3644 |
| MSN: | KO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of Pellworm Island -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| operation - Gardening (mine-laying) |
An aircraft was seen going down at at 55N 06E. It looked like it was out of control. The evidence suggests that that it may have been this aircraft. Plt off Fisher's body was recovered at Alte Kirche on the western side of Pellworm Island.
The aircraft had been intercepted by Hauptmann Schütze, Feldwebel Wiedenbach & Stabsfeldwebel Reinartz of the 4./NJG 2 flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+HM from Westerland/Sylt airfield.
Both aircraft went down in flames in the ensuing combat.
Crew
1112329 Sgt Francis Norman Butterworth - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
103576 Plt Off John Fisher - Hamburg Cemetery 6A. C. 5.
1256771 Sgt Kenneth Arthur Lloyd - Runnymede Memorial Panel 88.
1309976 Sgt William Richard Wagstaff - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95.
931128 Sgt Arthur Wilton Ragan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 92.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Operational Record Book - https://115squadron-raf.be/crews/Wellington%20Mk%20III%20-%20X3644%20-%20KO-A.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 December 1940 | T2520 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | Blaen Dyffrya quarries (Cefn-y-strad) near Tredegar, Wales |  |
w/o |
| 22 July 1942 | X3726 | 115 Sqn RAF | 1 | near the Rhein (Rhine) river at Duisburg; Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | X3647 | 115 Sqn RAF | 4 | Saint-Lambert-et-Mont-de-Jeux - Attigny; Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | BK271 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Haldern, Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 3 December 1942 | BK338 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | Monzernheim, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 16:29 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Dec-2017 17:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-May-2022 19:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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