ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 352209
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| Date: | Sunday 24 March 1940 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ia |
| Owner/operator: | 37 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | P2515 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell, Thetford, Norfolk |
Wellington P2515: took at 22:51 on 23rd for a recon mission over Germany with distraction of leaflet dropping raid nr DCB133. Aircraft missing did not return. ; shot down by anti-aircraft fire,
Crew: -
Pilot : Flying Officer Philip Francis Templeman RAF 39767 [Fatal Injury]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Douglas Warren Wilson RAF 566477 [Killed]
Aircraftman 1st Class John Albert Burke RAF 631520 [PoW]
Leading Aircraftman Joseph Rodgers Clark RAF 538337 [PoW]
Leading Aircraftman Eustace Lawson RAF 619063 [PoW]
Sergeant Kenneth Rupert Say RAF 580731 [PoW]
Sources:
National Archives Kew 37 Sqdn ORB Record of Events Doc AIR27/388/10 page 6
https://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=P2515
AIR81/1935
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Mar-2024 06:57 | Redwine163 | Added |
| 05-Mar-2024 12:43 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Operator, Total fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Operator] |
| 23-Mar-2024 07:54 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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