ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 206338
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3726 |
| MSN: | KO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Rhein (Rhine) river at Duisburg; Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg.
Over the target and while flying at 8,000 feet, the aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak which set the flares alight. The fire was soon out of control which forced the crew to bale out. Sgt Darlington landed in the river Rhine and nearly drowned. He was commissioned whilst a PoW:
Pilot: NZ/401293 Plt Off K J Stanford DFM RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 585.
2nd Pilot:1376499 Sgt R F Butler PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25102
Observer:126698 Sgt L F G Darlington PoW Stalag Luft 4 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 25052
Wireless Operator:1112152 Sgt F Cooper PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25101
Air Gunner:1265631 Flt Sgt Maurice James Colelough - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. B. 9.
Air Gunner:1344495 Sgt D Gardiner PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25056
Sources:
158 Squadron Association
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3726+
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 9 December 1940 | T2520 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | Blaen Dyffrya quarries (Cefn-y-strad) near Tredegar, Wales |  |
w/o |
| 18 May 1942 | X3644 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | NE of Pellworm Island | |
w/o |
| 29 August 1942 | X3647 | 115 Sqn RAF | 4 | Saint-Lambert-et-Mont-de-Jeux - Attigny; Ardennes |  |
w/o |
| 2 October 1942 | BK271 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Haldern, Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 3 December 1942 | BK338 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | Monzernheim, Rheinland-Pfalz | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Feb-2018 16:02 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 07-May-2020 17:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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