ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236457
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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:59 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8523 |
| MSN: | PH-U |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Barrien, Syke, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 00:25 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights and hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed at Barrien south of Bremen.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Hubert Richard Feast RAFVR 1384070 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Frank Logan RAF 657262 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant William Arthur Thompson RAFVR 1024879 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant John Bishop RAFVR 1067279 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant George Henry Waters RCAF R/91963 [Killed]
All five rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
This is the Hughie Feast mentioned in "Letters from a Bomber Pilot"
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z8523
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 20 May 1942 | W5458 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing - North Sea |  |
mis |
| 3 September 1942 | Z8529 | 12 Sqn RAF | 2 | Bois de Léglantiers woods at Léglantiers, Oise département |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-May-2020 12:55 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 09-Apr-2024 17:48 | Rob Davis | Updated [Cn, Narrative] |
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