ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52642
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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | 03:56 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1622 |
| MSN: | GT-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Haamstede, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
Takeoff at 00:04 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was hit by light Flak of the 3./leichte Flak-Abteilung 847 (o) and the 5./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 442; crashed into the North Sea. Four dead crew members washed up in August and September. They were laid to rest in the Vlissingen cemetery:
Pilot / P/O. R. Woof J/15546 RCAF / grave C 17 / washed up near Domburg on 1 August
Observer / F/Sgt. A.M. Illingworth 971854 RAF / grave C 21 / washed up near Vlissingen on 10 August
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. S. Coulson 1063723 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 80
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. L.H. Chessun 1284528 RAF / grave C 20 / washed up near Zoutelande on 8 August
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. P.W. Rawcliffe 814238 RauxAF / grave C 31 / washed up near Zoutelande on 25 September
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1743&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1942 | X3706 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Triel-sur-Seine 22km NW Central Paris |  |
w/o |
| 14 September 1942 | BJ600 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Loozen hamlet, Overijssel | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Aug-2017 13:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:52 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 13-May-2020 10:11 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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