ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202961
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 April 1942 |
| Time: | 00:45 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3700 |
| MSN: | JN-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Köln- Kalk, Wipperfürther Str. -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
| operation - Köln |
Hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed in NRW. There are three possible locations:
1. Köln-Kalk at 00:45
Crew:-
Pilot:400687 Plt Off Valden Leonard Bailey RAAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 1.
Pilot:1375485 Sgt Bernard John McGinn - Rheinberg war Cemetery - 1. F. 2.
Observer: 115993 Plt Off Alfred Wilkinson - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 3 (NCO:999628 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 17 March, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 15126 Plt Off Franklin Burton Grundy RCAF - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 5.
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner:1381070 Sgt William George Marsh - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 4.
Air Gunner:1250695 Sgt Ronald Marcus Sutton - Rheinberg War Cemetery 1. F. 6.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps
HASt Köln Best- 9612 / A 34
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Dec-2017 18:12 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2022 19:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 11-May-2022 06:53 | manniwei | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Apr-2024 06:40 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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