ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204225
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| Date: | Saturday 6 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:16-50 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3486 |
| MSN: | VR-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Takeoff at 23:45 hrs for an operation against the steel-producing town of Essen in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
All five are missing in action:
Pilot:R/60552 Flt Lt Joseph Mervyn Dutton RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 103.
Navigator:R/77036 Flt Sgt Herbert Joseph Kirkpatrick RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 105.
Wireless Operator: R/65338 Sgt Walter Ruben Rice RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/56256 Flt Sgt Cameron Francis McCaw RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 105.
Air Gunner: J/15202 Plt Off Donald Howard Peters RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 101.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3486
419 Squadron RCAF 1941-1945
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Jan-2018 13:38 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 29-Jun-2018 09:17 | ehren69 | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 25-Apr-2020 14:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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