Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3725 ,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204374
 
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Date:Tuesday 9 June 1942
Time:02:19 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:150 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3725
MSN: JN-N
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea NW of Callantsoog, Noord-Holland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Snaith (takeoff at 23:05 hrs)
Destination airport:Essen, Germany
Narrative:
Claimed by Oblt Leopold Fellerer 5./NJG2 - North Sea NW of Callantsoog at 02:19. In 1950 following investigation and enquiries no trace of the missing crew could be found. The crew were recorded as missing with no known grave.

Crew
Pilot:402243 Fg Off Winston David Love RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 110.
Observer:R/75471 Flt Sgt Emil Francois Bruno Mandin - Runnymede Memorial Panel 105
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1174107 Sgt Leslie Charles Gray - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1306729 Sgt Robert Dudley Procter - Runnymede Memorial Panel 91.
Air Gunner:1379092 Sgt Lancelot Dent - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81.

Sources:

Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS IN WORLD WAR 2 AND MISSING WITH NO KNOWN GRAVE.
CWGC

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
31 May 1942 X3448 150 Sqn RAF 6 Mottrams Farm, Faldingworth near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire w/o
28 June 1942 X3309 150 Sqn RAF 5 IJsselmeer E of Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland w/o

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Jan-2018 16:10 Red Dragon Added
31-Oct-2018 14:18 Nepa Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Operator]
29-Apr-2020 17:47 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport]

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