ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201503
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 23:59 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3589 |
| MSN: | KO-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | east-southeast of Goch, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham |
Takeoff at 19:53 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Richard Launer of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
The crew rests at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot: 1253602 Sgt Emrys Owen - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 1. G. 1.
2nd Pilot: 1260918 Sgt Harry Taylor - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery . G. 5.
Observer: 252567 Sgt Edgar Albert Bailey - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 1. G. 3.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner 1186280 Sgt George Williams - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 1. G. 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1309927 Sgt James Herbert Watkinson - Reichswald Forest War cemetery 1. G. 4.
Air Gunner: 114965 Plt Off Henry Taylor - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 1. G. 2 (NCO:858852 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 February, 1942)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3589+
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 May 1940 | P9297 | 115 Sqn RAF | 0 | Givet, near Poix-Terron, 10 km S of Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| 30 September 1940 | R3292 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | between Devern and Grothe; Badbergen, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 2 June 1942 | X3721 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Nov-2017 20:26 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2020 19:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Apr-2024 08:49 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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