ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52856
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:30 |
| Type: |  Douglas DB-7B Boston Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 23 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W8374 |
| MSN: | YP-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Deelen Airfield, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bradwell Bay |
While engaged in an intruder operation over Deelen airfield, the aircraft was hit by Flak of the 4./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 155 and crashed on Fliegerhorst Deelen.
Those who did not survive rest at Arnhem:
Air Gunner:1253917 Sgt E W Nightingale PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 12672
Pilot:66602 Plt Off Ronald Desmond Pegram - Arnhem (Moscowa) General Cemetery Grave 2.
Observer:758130 WO Thomas Rankin - Arnhem (Moscowa) General Cemetery Grave 3.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1529&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
aircrew remembered.
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 28 June 1942 | AL459 | 23 Sqn RAF | 0 | field near Varennes, Mesnils-sur-Iton, Eure |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 08:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 18:09 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 11:25 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 21:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Jun-2022 09:49 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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