ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52774
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| Date: | Wednesday 24 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:12 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2921 |
| MSN: | PM-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km N of Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
| Gardening - Frisian Islands |
Takeoff at 23:31 hrs for a Gardening (mine-laying) operation to the Nectarines area.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield.
Two of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:1120658 Sgt Thomas William Burnett Emmott - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
Observer:120643 Plt Off Fred Hall Wood - Runnymede Memorial Panel 72
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:404051 Sgt Albert Frank Bissell RNZAF - Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery Plot D Row 15. Grave 19. (Washed up on Ameland 5 August 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1311129 Sgt Alfred Jones - Ameland (Nes) General Cemetery Plot D. Row 15. Grave 18. (Washed up on Ameland 5 August 1942)
Air Gunner:920390 Sgt Alfred Brian Scanlan - Sage War Cemetery 7. D. 11.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1627
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1942 | R1617 | 103 Sqn RAF | 3 | Vahren, Cloppenburg, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 23-Jun-2017 12:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jan-2018 13:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2018 18:50 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 26-May-2019 14:46 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2020 12:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 05:25 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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