ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204059
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| Date: | Friday 10 August 1945 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Grumman Avenger Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 828 Sqn FAA RN |
| Registration: | JZ136 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Kamimata railway station in Takine-mura -
 Japan
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| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
The Avenger I JZ136 of 828 Sqn FAA, operating out of the aircraft carrier HMS Implacable was shot down by AA fire over Koriyama, Northern Honshu, Japan, and made a forced landing in the field near the Kamimata railway station in Takine-mura, Tamura-gun, (present Takine-cho, Tamura-shi), Fukushima-ken.
Both crew, Lt. Victor H. Spence and Petty Officer Jack Rogerson, got out of the plane and ran into the mountains, but were found two days later near Kawauchi-mura, Futaba-gun, surrounded by members of the civil defense corps and captured. They were handed over to the Japanese army soldiers and sent to Tohoku A/D HQ in Sendai-shi on the following day. They were transferred to Omori POW Camp in Tokyo on 17 August, shortly after the end of the war, and returned to the UK.
Sources:
http://www.powresearch.jp/en/pdf_e/pilot/hokubu_tohoku.pdf
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/thirdseries5.html
http://www.fleetairarmarchive.net/rollofhonour/POW/s.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takine,_Fukushima
http://wikimapia.org/#lang=en&lat=37.433333&lon=140.566667&z=11&m=w
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2018 12:05 | Laurent Rizzotti | Added |
| 20-Mar-2020 14:21 | DB | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
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