ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 237119
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| Date: | Sunday 20 September 1942 |
| Time: | 00:01 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 161 (Special Duties) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z6940 |
| MSN: | MA-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Dugny-sur-Meuse, Meuse département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Takeoff at 19:04 hrs local time for a Special Duties operation.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Helmut Bergmann of the 7./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 from Juvincourt airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Frank McLeod Macdonald RCAF R/86838 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Flight Sergeant James David Walls RAFVR 1061883 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Walter Ernest Ruskin Wright RAFVR 1293291 [Killed]
Navigator : Pilot Officer Michael Robert Symonds RAFVR 126506 [Killed] (NCO:1334349 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 01 September, 1942)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Alan Richard Ashford RAFVR 1148934 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Harry Pateman RAFVR 1177071 [Killed]
P/O Symonds' commission in the Gazette gives the additional forename of 'Dunnage' which is not on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission online database.
All six crew members rest in the Boulogne Eastern Cemetery (Pas-de-Calais département).
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=510
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Jun-2020 07:51 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 30-Jun-2023 14:11 | Nepa | Updated |
| 19-Sep-2023 06:53 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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