ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52918
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| Date: | Monday 13 April 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5664 |
| MSN: | PM-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Elsham Wolds |
Takeoff at 21:13 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Possibly, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Dr. Horst Patuschka of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
The tail gunner rests at Vlissingen in Zeeland, the Netherlands:
Pilot: 43533 Flt Lt Robert Gillespie - Runnymede Memorial Panel 65 (Commission Gazetted : Monday 13 May, 1940)
Pilot: 404932 Fg Off Ray Wilmott Brown RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 109
Navigator: 1163761 Sgt Frank White - Runnymede Memorial Panel 96
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1051595 Sgt Edward Ernest Fairhurst - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1254452 Sgt Cerris Moseley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90
Air Gunner: 110043 Flt Sgt Duncan Campbell - Flushing (Vlissingen) Northern Cemetery Row C. Grave 2.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1475
RAAF PERSONNEL SERVING ON ATTACHMENT IN ROYAL AIR FORCE SQUADRONS AND SUPPORT UNITS IN WORLD WAR 2 AND MISSING WITH NO KNOWN GRAVE.
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 September 1941 | X9609 | 103 Sqn RAF | 2 | Ambt Delden, Overijssel |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2017 09:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 02-Dec-2017 17:06 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Oct-2018 14:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 17-Apr-2020 19:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Apr-2024 07:06 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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