Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3758 ,
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Date:Tuesday 23 June 1942
Time:02:07 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3758
MSN: DX-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:presumed lost over the sea - Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 23:30 hrs for an operation to Emden in Niedersachsen, Germany.
Shortly after bombing, the aircraft was damaged by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Schoenert & Feldwebel Richter of the 4./NJG 2, who had taken off from Wittmund airfield in Bf 110 F-4 R4+BM - (claim) Engerhafe, 12 km north of Aurich (Jaguar) at 02:07 hrs.
Two of the crew are missing in action:

Pilot:Sgt James Beattie Larkins RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117.
Observer:927496 Sgt Gibbard Selkirk Standring - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/70534 Sgt Alan Buchan Harper RCAF - Sage War Cemetery 1. F. 9.
Air Gunner:1060635 Sgt William Thomson Smith - Sage War Cemetery 1. F. 10.
Air Gunner:1388092 Sgt Robert Horace Stangham - Sage War Cemetery 1. F. 10.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 July 1941 R1624 57 Sqn RAF 6 near the Veldstraat road, Bocholt, Limburg w/o
2 March 1942 X3748 57 Sqn RAF 2 Sprendlingen near Bad Kreuznach w/o
2 April 1942 X3425 57 Sqn RAF 6 west of Opoeteren, Maaseik, Limburg (claim location) w/o
2 April 1942 X3607 57 Sqn RAF 6 woods east of Lorsch, Hessen w/o
2 April 1942 Z1565 57 Sqn RAF 5 between Wasserlos and Hörstein, south of Alzenau; Bayern w/o
2 April 1942 X3410 57 Sqn RAF 6 Frettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
9 April 1942 X3757 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea 20km N of Vlieland, Friesland mis
18 April 1942 X3478 57 Sqn RAF 0 Mulsum, Kutenholz, Niedersachsen w/o
18 April 1942 X3542 57 Sqn RAF 3 near the Marienhof, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein w/o
29 April 1942 X3640 57 Sqn RAF 5 park of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines 78 w/o
Mid-air collision
18 May 1942 DV806 57 Sqn RAF 0 Sea 200yds off Dungeness mis
31 May 1942 X3387 57 Sqn RAF 0 Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath, England w/o
2 June 1942 DV816 57 Sqn RAF 0 Westerschelde estuary NW of Wemeldinge, Zeeland w/o
3 June 1942 X9787 57 Sqn RAF 5 north of Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen w/o
6 June 1942 HF915 57 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea w/o
30 June 1942 Z1578 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea mis
30 June 1942 Z1618 57 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea, off Dutch coast mis
22 July 1942 X3584 57 Sqn RAF 5 Missing mis

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
21-Jan-2018 15:45 Red Dragon Added
07-Nov-2018 19:39 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
01-May-2020 11:09 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative]

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