ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53542
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| Date: | Wednesday 6 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3407 |
| MSN: | JN-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea probably off Texel, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 22:25 hrs for an operation to Stuttgart in Germany & failed to return. Four crew members are missing in action:
Pilot:1056285 Sgt Ronald Sample Bell - Texel (Den Burg) General Cemetery Plot K Row 6 Grave 121.
2nd Pilot:1375238 Stanley Harry Heslop - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 5.
Navigator:R/76971 Sgt Erlyn Everard Kirby RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 105
Bomb Aimer:1060247 Sgt Robert Watson Stewart - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1313271 Sgt Percy Walter Wrighting - Runnymede Memorial Panel 97.
Air Gunner:1060557 Sgt William Gordon Kennerley - Runnymede Memorial Panel 87.
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1500&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bell-ronald.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 August 1941 | R1016 | 150 Sqn RAF | 1 | IJsselmeer 2 km W of Workum, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 14 July 1942 | X3797 | 150 Sqn RAF | 3 | Tannington Suffolk |  |
w/o |
| 9 November 1942 | X3310 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | Bornwird - Raard; Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-May-2017 15:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2017 15:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Dec-2017 15:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 09:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 09:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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