ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52880
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:10 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 22 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV843 |
| MSN: | OR-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Prinslandse Polder near Stampersgat, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wellsbourne Mountford |
Takeoff at 22:44 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak of the 1. & 2./schwere Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 447 (Grossbatterie).
The crew all rest at Bergen op Zoom, in two different cemeteries. Sergeant R.A. Armstrong is buried in the Bergen op Zoom RCAF war cemetery:
Pilot:103507 Plt Off William Arthur Fullerton DFM - killed
Observer:82967 Fg Off Leonard James Tait - killed
Wireless operator/Air Gunner:R/53363 Sgt Robert Alfred Armstrong RCAF - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:97468 Flt Sgt John Kenneth Napier DFM - killed
Air Gunner:904378 Flt Sgt Ronald Malcolm Sanders - killed
Sources:
Own investigation (Corin)
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1527&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Images:
Wellesbourne Wartime Museum, via mr. Derek Powell / mr. Michael Littler
Wellesbourne Wartime Museum, via mr. Derek Powell / mr. Michael Littler
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 29-May-2017 14:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2017 07:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Phase] |
| 02-Jan-2018 14:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 16:56 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2019 14:17 | Corin | Updated [Date, Time, Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 15-Jun-2019 14:23 | Anon. | Updated [Photo] |
| 15-Jun-2019 14:38 | Corin | Updated [Cn] |
| 20-Apr-2020 20:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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