Incident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3478 ,
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Date:Saturday 18 April 1942
Time:03:18
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3478
MSN: DX-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Mulsum, Kutenholz, Niedersachsen -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:operation - Hamburg
Narrative:
Shot down by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt 7./NJG3 - Mulsum 20km SW of Stade at 03:18. Aircraft crashed near Mulsum 11km ENE of Bremervorde. All the crew were made PoW's

Crew
70541 Sqn Ldr G F Phipps AFC - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 126.
39053 Sqn Ldr R Baron - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 108
115810 Plt Off E F Dowling - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 115.
104473 Plt Off J W Turner - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 132.
1057870 Sgt A J Proctor - Stalag Luft 4 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 177.
645866 Sgt A R Duffield - Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 152.

Sources:

Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
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
2 April 1942 X3425 57 Sqn RAF 6 west of Opoeteren, Maaseik, Limburg (claim location) w/o
2 April 1942 X3607 57 Sqn RAF 6 woods east of Lorsch, Hessen w/o
2 April 1942 Z1565 57 Sqn RAF 5 between Wasserlos and Hörstein, south of Alzenau; Bayern w/o
2 April 1942 X3410 57 Sqn RAF 6 Frettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
9 April 1942 X3757 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea 20km N of Vlieland, Friesland mis
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/timeContributorUpdates
08-Dec-2017 17:12 Red Dragon Added
07-Nov-2018 19:34 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
20-Apr-2022 13:17 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source]

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