ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203957
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:10 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | Z1311 |
| MSN: | UV-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Route de Mons, Binche, Hainaut -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Reinhold Eckardt of the 7./NJG 3 (detached to III./NJG 4), who was flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield in France.
The entire crew was killed here. They rest at Charleroi Communal cemetery:
Pilot:404701 Sgt John Francis Walsh RAAF - Charleroi Communal Cemetery Coll. grave, Row V. 14-19.
2nd Pilot:14243 Sgt William Marcel Spongberg RAAF - Charleroi Communal Cemetery Coll. grave, Row V. 14-19.
Observer:403576 Sgt Maurice Michael Fitzgerald RAAF - Charleroi Communal Cemetery Coll. grave, Row V. 14-19. Fitzgerald was a former Australian rugby league player who had appeared for Balmain in 1936.
Bomb Aimer:1310845 Sgt Thomas Lee - Charleroi Communal Cemetery Coll. grave, Row Y. 14-19.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:990568 Sgt John Bruce Moore - Charleroi Communal Cemetery Coll. grave, Row V. 14-19.
Air Gunner:402612 Sgt Wallace Hugh Sams RAAF - Charleroi Communal Cemetery Coll. grave, Row V. 14-19.
Sources:
460 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1311
Google Maps
https://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/maurice-fitzgerald/summary.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 14 September 1942 | Z1385 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 5 | Brinkum (Stuhr) - Erichshof (Weyhe) in Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2018 15:40 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 24-Apr-2020 15:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Jul-2020 18:35 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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