ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204319
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| Date: | Tuesday 9 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8652 |
| MSN: | PH-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 23:16 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
Probably, the aircraft was brought down by Flak and the probable crash location is at Hüls.
All six rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot:1254858 Sgt William Clayton -Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. B. 7.
Pilot:983702 Sgt Edward Arthur Conybear - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. B. 3-5.
Observer:1168700 Sgt Harold Bond - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. B. 3-5.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1113937 Sgt Alastair Charles Robertson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. B. 6.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1112959 Sgt Charles Stewart McIntyre - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 9. B. 3-5.
Air Gunner:1375679 Sgt Phillip Julian Seckerson - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. B. 2.
Sources:
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/clayton-william.html
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 September 1941 | Z8328 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | Eerste Kruisweg, 's-Gravendeel, Zuid-Holland |  |
w/o |
| 7 January 1942 | W5523 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Sea off Brest |  |
w/o |
| 10 January 1942 | W5611 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | 1 mile east of Brumby, Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
| 13 March 1942 | Z8578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
mis |
| 25 March 1942 | W5578 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | close to Escoublac, Loire-Atlantique département | |
w/o |
| 2 April 1942 | W5395 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | woods at Sainte-Opportune-la-Mare, Eure département, Normandie | |
w/o |
| 31 May 1942 | Z8376 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Oberlohberg, Dinslaken, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 27 July 1942 | W5367 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | near Westerholte, Ankum, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | Z8499 | 12 Sqn RAF | 5 | Hürth, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2018 17:27 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 19-Oct-2018 14:24 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Oct-2019 12:40 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Registration] |
| 27-Apr-2020 19:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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