ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205276
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:24. |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 19 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | Z6730 |
| MSN: | UO-E |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 6 km north of Büsum, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Abingdon |
| Bremen |
Takeoff at 22:43 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hoffmann & Oberfeldwebel Köhler of the 5./NJG 3, who had taken off from Schleswig airfield in a Bf 110.
All five were taken prisoner of war:
R/97584 Sgt J J Makarewicz RCAF PoW/4B Muhlberg (Elbe)/PoW Number 337.
1085010 Sgt L L Brown PoW/Stalag 357 Kopernikus/PoW Number 310.
1378055 Sgt R Hale PoW/Stalag 4B Muhlberg (Elbe)/PoW Number 222822.
1072420 Sgt P Bell PoW/Stalag 356 Lwow (Lemberg)/PoW Number 308.
657014 Sgt W Henderson PoW/Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug/PoW Number 323.
Sources:
19 OTU
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 29-Jan-2018 13:44 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:58 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 28-May-2019 15:15 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 09:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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