ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52857
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 26 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | W5704 |
| MSN: | EU-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Middelbeers, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Takeoff at 23:45 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Helmut Fischer of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G9+AH from Venlo airfield - 3 km SW of Middelbeers/Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:30.
To make up the number, Bomber Command drew on nearly qualified crews from a number of Operational training Units, including 26 OTU. The 2 RNZAF crew were borrowed from 27 OTU to complete the crew.
All five rest at Eindhoven:
Pilot:88680 Fg Off William Robert Humphrey Whiting - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 57.
Observer:1253003 Sgt John Hartas George Garrick - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 58.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:NZ/404073 Sgt James Milton Hall RNZAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 60.
Air Gunner:1238471 Sgt Richard Charles Williams - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 61.
Air Gunner:NZ/404629 Sgt Allen Norman Young RNZAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 59.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1544&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.ww2talk.com/index.php?threads/wellington-w5704.63431/
CWGC
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 15-Sep-2016 06:15 | Anon. | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Sep-2016 17:46 | Tjerk Karsijns | Updated [Embed code] |
| 24-Sep-2016 17:47 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2017 09:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 15:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 21-Apr-2020 11:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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