ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52794
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:13 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3669 |
| MSN: | SR-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 7 km SW of Zandvoort, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
| Emden, Germany |
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Gerhard Friedrich of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield - (claim) North Sea 10 km north of Zandvoort.
The tail gunner survived to be taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:929521 Sgt Frederick John Keen - Noordwijk General Cemetery Plot 1. Joint grave 8.
Observer:114054 Plt Off Gordon Ernest Sheppard - Noordwijk General Cemetery Plot 1. Joint grave 7.
Bomb Aimer:1285053 Sgt James Warrell Williams - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/76083 Flt Sgt Neil MacDougall RCAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 31. B. 5. (Body was found by the Kriegsmarine in dinghy near Zandvoort)
Air Gunner:1384377 Sgt W R Payne PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 39669
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1607
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 19-Jun-2017 09:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2018 13:24 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:41 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 20:56 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:42 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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