ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202252
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| Date: | Thursday 2 April 1942 |
| Time: | 01:29 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3607 |
| MSN: | DX- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | woods east of Lorsch, Hessen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Takeoff at 22:05 hrs local time for an operation to railway junctions at Hanau-Lohr in Hessen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the 1./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 762 over the Lorscher Wald and crashed into woods near Lorsch 13 km ENE of Worms. The crew all rest at Durnbach War Cemetery:
Pilot: R/80124 Flt Sgt John Oliver Hugh Nevill RCAF - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 10-18.
Pilot: 1187096 Sgt Henry Eric Cruze - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 10-18.
Observer: 1182222 Sgt Basil Lyne Randall - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 10-18.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 630368 Flt Sgt Stanley Jones - Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave 2. F. 10-18.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/62704 Flt Sgt Gerald Grant Giroux RCAF Durnbach War Cemetery 2. F. 7.
Air Gunner: 1312845 Sgt Michael O'Brien - Durnbach War Cemetery 2. F. 8.
Sources:
bomber Command losses 1942
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/nevill-john.html
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 16 July 1941 | R1624 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | near the Veldstraat road, Bocholt, Limburg |  |
w/o |
| 2 March 1942 | X3748 | 57 Sqn RAF | 2 | Sprendlingen near Bad Kreuznach | |
w/o |
| 9 April 1942 | X3757 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea 20km N of Vlieland, Friesland |  |
mis |
| 18 April 1942 | X3478 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Mulsum, Kutenholz, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 18 April 1942 | X3542 | 57 Sqn RAF | 3 | near the Marienhof, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein | |
w/o |
| 29 April 1942 | X3640 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | park of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines 78 |  |
w/o |
| Mid-air collision | ||||||
| 18 May 1942 | DV806 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Sea 200yds off Dungeness |  |
mis |
| 31 May 1942 | X3387 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath, England | |
w/o |
| 2 June 1942 | DV816 | 57 Sqn RAF | 0 | Westerschelde estuary NW of Wemeldinge, Zeeland | |
w/o |
| 3 June 1942 | X9787 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | north of Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 6 June 1942 | HF915 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea |  |
w/o |
| 23 June 1942 | X3758 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | presumed lost over the sea - Niedersachsen | |
mis |
| 30 June 1942 | Z1578 | 57 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea | |
mis |
| 30 June 1942 | Z1618 | 57 Sqn RAF | 3 | North Sea, off Dutch coast | |
mis |
| 22 July 1942 | X3584 | 57 Sqn RAF | 5 | Missing | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Nov-2017 17:53 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:12 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Apr-2020 16:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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