ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52854
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1612 |
| MSN: | SR-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Galder, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
Takeoff at 23:10 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft suffered engine trouble; all crew bailed out. Possibly, the aircraft had been damaged by a Ju 88C night fighter based at Gilze-Rijen airfield, belonging to Nachtjagdgeschwader 2.
The five crew members were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:104557 Plt Off C H R Read Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 383.
Navigator:112741 Plt Off D H Davidson Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 371.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/19238 Sgt R G Killwyn RCAF - Injured-Fractured Leg. Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 12671
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1062204 Sgt M Doherty Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 405.
Air Gunner:647858 Sgt R D Charles Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 400.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1546&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
RAF Prisoners of War
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 March 1942 | X3651 | 101 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Bourn |  |
unk |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 09:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 17:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:47 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2020 07:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 14:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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