ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201427
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| Date: | Friday 13 March 1942 |
| Time: | evening |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8578 |
| MSN: | PH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Missing - |
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook (takeoff at 20:15 hrs) |
| operation - Dunkerque, France |
Lost without trace.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Leslie McKenzie Scott RNZAF NZ/401291 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Joseph Antonio Lucien Giroux RCAF R/54903 [Killed]
Sergeant George William Howes RAFVR 1168632 [Killed]
Sergeant Richard Alfred Hudd RAFVR 1376005 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Frederick William Jones RAFVR 106525 (NCO:1001168 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 14 October, 1941) [Killed]
Sergeant Leslie Ronald Meager RAFVR 1254942 [Killed]
All are remembered on the Runnymede Memorial.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z8578&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | Z8328 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | Eerste Kruisweg, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1942 | W5523 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sea off Brest |  |
w/o |
| 10 January 1942 | W5611 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | 1 mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 25 March 1942 | W5578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | close to Escoublac, Loire-Atlantique département | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1942 | W5395 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | woods at Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare, Eure département, Normandie | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | Z8376 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Oberlohberg, Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 9 June 1942 | Z8652 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
mis |
| 27 July 1942 | W5367 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Westerholte, Ankum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | Z8499 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 16-Nov-2017 21:19 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 12-Mar-2022 22:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Date, Time, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source] |
| 13-Mar-2024 07:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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