ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 204707
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| Date: | Saturday 20 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 460 Sqn RAAF |
| Registration: | Z1486 |
| MSN: | UV-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | sandbank west of Hamswehrumer Leeshaus, Krummhörn, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Breighton |
Takeoff at 23:39 hrs for an operation to Emden in Niedersachsen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of the Marine-Flak-Abteilung 236 and crashed.
It was later established that the aircraft crashed on a sandbank west of Hamswehrumer Leeshaus.
All five rest in Sage War Cemetery:
Pilot: Aus/400805 WO David Gordon Kitchen RAAF - Sage War Cemetery 3. B. 16.
Observer: Aus/403109 Flt Sgt Lionel Heyman James RAAF - Sage War Cemetery 3. C. 16.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/400160 Sgt Geoffrey Lovell Stevens - Sage War Cemetery 1. E. 14.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1281960 Sgt Dennis John Whelan Watson - Sage War Cemetery 3. B. 15.
Air Gunner: Aus/401408 Sgt Maurice Ermini Anivitti RAAF - Sage War Cemetery 1. E. 15.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
460 SQUADRON RAAF, WORLD WAR 2 FATALITIES
CWGC.
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1486+
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 July 1942 | Z1381 | 460 Sqn RAAF | 3 | Hoogstede, GB, Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jan-2018 16:26 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 19-Jan-2018 16:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Jan-2018 16:27 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 16:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Jan-2018 19:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Date] |
| 23-Oct-2018 19:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 18:59 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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