ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52509
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| Date: | Monday 5 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:38 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BJ729 |
| MSN: | VR-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Meerssenerweg, Maastricht, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft |
Takeoff at 18:21 hrs local time for an operation to Aachen in Germany.
The aircraft was intercepted by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Eckart-Wilhelm von Bonin & Feldwebel Friedrich Johrden of the 6./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
The crew were initially buried at Venlo. Today, all five rest in the Jonkerbos cemetery (Gelderland):
Pilot / W/O. II T.E. Powell R/78675 RCAF / grave 20 C 1-3
Navigator / F/O. F.L. Todd J/10185 RCAF / grave 20 C 1-3
Bomb Aimer / F/Sgt. J.L. O Grady R/95736 RCAF / grave 20 C 1-3
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. G.J.H. McElroy R/82438 RCAF / grave 20 C 1-3
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. H. Broom R/85929 RCAF / grave 20 C 1-3
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1868&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
http://www.historyofwar.org/air/units/RCAF/419_wwII.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 6 August 1942 | X3360 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 6 | Bedburg-Hau, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 3 September 1942 | X3711 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | Warnant, Anhée, Namur |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Oct-2017 20:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2017 20:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:25 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-Aug-2020 19:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 01:34 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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