ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205102
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 10 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | AD689 |
| MSN: | EL-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Dalum, Geeste, Ems, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abingdon |
Takeoff at 23:06 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by Leutnant August Geiger of the 8./NJG 1 based at Twente airfield in the Netherlands, who was flying a Bf 110 - (claim) Dalum 10km NW Lingen (4A) at 01:30.
After hostilities the crew were reinterred at Reichswald Forest War Cemetery:
Pilot: R/56284 Sgt Norman Maxwell Oulster RCAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 15 Row C Collective Grave 15-16.
Observer: 1027321 Sgt George Arthur Hunt - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Plot 15 Row C Collective Grave 15-16.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1381419 Sgt Daniel Ivan Parry - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Plot 15 Row C Collective Grave 15-16.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1305420 Sgt Samuel James Webster - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 15 Row C Collective Grave 15-16.
Air Gunner: 778541 Sgt Harold Cooke - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Plot 15 Row C Collective Grave 15-16.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=AD689
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-Jan-2018 17:45 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 18:15 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-May-2019 08:09 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 18:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 18:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 09:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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