ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52807
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1573 |
| MSN: | AA-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Krabbenkreek water between Oud-Vossemeer - Sint-Annaland; Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell (takeoff at 23:25 hrs) |
| Essen, Germany |
Claimed by Oblt Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein E./NJG2 -It crashed into the Krabbenkreek between St. Philipsland and the Anna Jacobapolder (Zeeland), 20km North West of Bergen-op-Zoom at 02:30.
Crew:
Pilot: NZ/411927 Plt Off Graham Edward Murdoch RNZAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 20 A 7
Observer: NZ/41544 Sgt Albert William O'Dowd RNZAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 14 C 6
Air Gunner: NZ/405494 Sgt Leon Gaston Knight RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:111532 Plt Off Robert Weston - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 20 A 9
Air Gunner:617843 Sgt John Lewis Morris - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 14 C 9
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1595
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
CWGC
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 June 1942 | X3539 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 5 | Waddenzee S of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Jun-2017 20:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Jun-2017 20:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Jan-2018 19:55 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 10:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 23-May-2019 14:44 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 29-Apr-2020 17:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
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