ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205178
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:58 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 12 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV951 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Wietmarschen, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chipping Warden |
Operation - third 1000 bomber raid / target - Bremen
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Herbert Lütje of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Sgt Read sustained wounds to his stomach, lungs and head and these proved fatal (although he was admitted to the Krankenhaus at Lingen - Ems. WO Homer and Flt Sgt Chatterton were also wounded, though Flt Sgt Chatterton's injuries are described as "slight":
118135 Plt Off E J Cooper PoW
657291 Sgt C H Homer PoW
1065322 Sgt L W Chatterton PoW S
Wireless Operator/Air gunner:1179230 Sgt Ambrose Phillip Read - killed
1314805 Sgt H J Camden PoW
Sources:
12 OTU
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV951
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Jan-2018 21:42 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 18:07 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 17:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 05:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Jun-2022 08:26 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:02 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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