ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203575
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| Date: | Tuesday 19 May 1942 |
| Time: | 23:51 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3671 |
| MSN: | GT- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Hargnies, Ardennes -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
Operation - Mannheim, Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hubert Rauh of the 7./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield in the Aisne département.
Pilot:41858 Sqn Ldr Thomas Campbell McGillivray DFC - Hargnies Communal Cemetery Coll. grave.
2nd Pilot:R/85609 Sgt Donald Mathieson RCAF - Hargnies Communal Cemetery Coll. grave.
Observer:104573 Plt Off Denis Hellyer - Hargnies Communal Cemetery Coll. grave.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:129821 Flt Sgt Kenneth Vincent Whelan - Hargnies Communal Cemetery Coll. grave.
Air Gunner:946087 Sgt Charles Corbett Stevens - Hargnies Communal Cemetery Coll. grave.
Air Gunner:120171 Plt Off Edward Francis Valentine - Hargnies Communal Cemetery Coll. grave.
Sources:
France-Crashes 39-45.
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/Airfields%20-%20France.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 March 1942 | X3333 | 156 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Alconbury |  |
w/o |
| 16 April 1942 | X3697 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | 1.5 km W of Vlissegem, De Haan, West Flanders |  |
w/o |
| 16 April 1942 | X3417 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing - Bay of Bourgneuf off Pornic | |
mis |
| 20 April 1942 | X3708 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | RAF Warboys | |
w/o |
| 30 April 1942 | Z1571 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Cne de Gennevilliers | |
w/o |
| 6 June 1942 | X3339 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Eversael, Rheinberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 7 June 1942 | HF918 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Westerstede, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 26 June 1942 | BJ594 | 156 Sqn RAF | 1 | Near Southwold | |
w/o |
| 28 June 1942 | Z1619 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Westrum, Herzlake, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 7 July 1942 | X3345 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing off Lorient | |
mis |
| 7 July 1942 | Z1576 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing - Lann Bihoue 4km NW of Lorient | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2017 23:33 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 12:58 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 13:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 30-Jun-2022 05:11 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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