ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 205378
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3554 |
| MSN: | KO-Q |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen.
Crashed into the sea whilst returning to base. The Air Sea Rescue Service was unable to locate the crew. Fishermen recovered Sgt Abbott's body on the 31 July 1942 and he was buried intially at Büsum in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Four of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:107486 Plt Off William Leslie Croxton - Runnymede Memorial Panel 69.
Observer:113352 Plt Off Leslie Percy Bales - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68.
Wireless Operator:108831 Plt Off Leslie Howard Williams - Runnymede Memorial Panel 72.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1326329 Sgt Hezekiah Abbott - Kiel War Cemetery 2. G. 18.
Air Gunner:1287043 Sgt John Lester Tolmie - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95.
Sources:
115 Squadron
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942.
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=%09X3554
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 1 May 1940 | R3154 | 115 Sqn RAF | 2 | Thorgill, N of Lastingham, 7 miles NW of Pickering, North Yorkshire |  |
w/o |
| 11 February 1941 | R1084 | 115 Sqn RAF | 0 | Narborough, King's Lynn, Norfolk, England | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 30-Jan-2018 19:51 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:59 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 04-May-2020 11:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 11:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Country] |
| 04-May-2020 11:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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