ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 203951
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3721 |
| MSN: | KO-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
The aircraft is lost without a trace. The five crew members are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial:
44362 Fg Off Lyn Collis Williams - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68.
NZ/404378 Plt Off Douglas George King RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 116.
1062986 Sgt John Campbell McKellar - Runnymede Memorial Panel 88.
1378983 Sgt Thomas Hepple - Runnymede Memorial Panel 85.
1357040 Sgt John Lawrence Strain - Runnymede Memorial Panel 94.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three for location
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3721+
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 |
| 26 March 1942 | X3589 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | east-southeast of Goch, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2018 13:46 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:57 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 23-Apr-2020 17:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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