ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52659
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| Date: | Thursday 30 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ881 |
| MSN: | JN- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Pihen-lès-Guînes, Pas-de-Calais département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for an operation to Saarbrücken in Germany.
The aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner Sgt. D.A. York is buried in the Netherlands:
Pilot:39497 Sqn Ldr Lionel Rees Cohen - Pihen-les-Guines War Cemetery 1 A 6
Observer:112553 Plt Off Herbert John Ivory - Pihen-les-Guines War Cemetery 1 A 4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1326506 Sgt Desmond Albert York - Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row C Grave 22.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1260203 Sgt Alfred James Pihen-les-Guines War Cemetery 1 A 2
Air Gunner:1202337 Sgt Joseph Frank Whittaker - Pihen-les-Guines War Cemetery 1 A 3
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1733A
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=871
Google Maps
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 22 February 1942 | R1463 | 150 Sqn RAF | 4 | Asterby Top Farm Goulceby, 7 miles SW Louth Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
| 9 March 1942 | DV447 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | Gescher railway station, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 6 May 1942 | X3451 | 150 Sqn RAF | 0 | A field near Askern to the north of Doncaster | |
unk |
| 6 May 1942 | X3673 | 150 Sqn RAF | 0 | Blyton Yorkshire | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Aug-2017 09:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Feb-2018 14:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-May-2020 21:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
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