ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52982
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| Date: | Thursday 12 February 1942 |
| Time: | afternoon |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z1146 |
| MSN: | VR-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Callantsoog, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Shot down by Oberleutnant Max Buchholz or Oberleutnant Diesselhorst of the 5./JG 1, who were flying a Bf 109F from Haamstede airfield.
Operation Fuller. Channel Dash. Departed at 17:00hrs from the RAF Mildenhall. Mission was to shadow the German ships Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prinz Eugen, who were on their way to a German port from Brest, via the Channel and the North Sea. At 14:30hrs the ships were at Cadzand and at 19.00 the Gneisenau was taken by six Beauforters with six torpedo boat hunters 22 km southwest of Den Helder.
Call Sign: VR-E
Crew:
Pilot P/O. R.A. Laing J/5334 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 100
Co-Pilot Sgt. G.H.S. Ross R/76634 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 106
Navigator P/O. W.F. Bond J/6155 RCAF Runnymede Memorial 99
Wo ag F/Sgt. J.W. Poirier R/55385 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 29 B 5 Initially buried at Huisduinen
Wo ag Sgt. H. Rowsell 798574 RAF Runnymede Memorial 98
Air gunner P/O. G.K. Armstrong C/15020 RCAF Bergen op Zoom 34 A 1 Initially buried at Huisduinen S-109
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1411&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
www.stiwotforum.nl/
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
ORB 419 Sqdn RCAF
book 'Vliegvelden in Oorlogstijd' for Haamstede
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 October 1942 | DF664 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 5 | near Oxstedt, Cuxhaven, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Feb-2017 08:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2017 15:01 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 05-Nov-2017 15:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Jan-2018 12:12 | XindelX | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Jan-2018 21:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 15-Feb-2018 08:29 | Nepa | Updated [Operator] |
| 04-Nov-2019 17:57 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location] |
| 04-Nov-2019 18:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Source, Narrative] |
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