ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203540
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| Date: | Monday 18 May 1942 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | Z1562 |
| MSN: | VR-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Sea off Cromer Norfolk -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
The ORB shows that Flt Sgt Dunn's crew reported "explosion seen in the air followed by fire in the sea just North of Cromer at 2330 hours". Sgt Pozer a rear gunner who was in the aircraft that took before Flt Sgt Pikula's aircraft is certain that the aircraft was shot down by flak from a convoy off Cromer Norfolk.
Crew
Pilot:R/67563 Flt Sgt Frank Pikula RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106.
Navigator:R/61678 WOI Kenneth Lendon McDowell RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101.
Wireless Operator:1112051 Sgt Gordon Clelland - Runnymede Memorial Panel 80.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/84167 Sgt William Thomson RCAF - Runnymede Memorial 107.
Air Gunner:R/88208 Sgt Walter Hopkins Webster RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 107.
Sources:
419 Squadron Association
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 April 1942 | X3467 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 1 | twixt Barßel and the Roggenberg; Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 17 June 1942 | X3359 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 1 | along the Bredabaan, Gooreind, Wuustwezel, Antwerp |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Dec-2017 12:09 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:20 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
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