Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3552,
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Date:Thursday 15 October 1942
Time:23:46
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:150 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3552
MSN: JN-?
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:between Pootweg - Hazeldonkse Zandweg, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Snaith
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.

Homeward-bound, crashed under unknown circumstances.
Probably, intercepted by a Junkers Ju 88C flown by Hauptmann Dr Horst Patuschka of the 4./NJG 2 operating from Gilze-Rijen.

Pilot / Sgt. E.N. Smith 1294712 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 93 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown
Second Pilot / P/O. D.L. Hemming 123945 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 70 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown
Navigator / Sgt. P.C. Harrison 1025321 RAF / Den Haag cemetery; grave 2 37 / washed up Den Haag 23rd November
Bomb Aimer / P/O. F. Maxfield 132996 RAF / Ulrum cemetery; grave 1 8 / recovered from Waddenzee 2nd December
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. P.W.S. Varley 921823 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 76 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. D.L. Morrow R/81473 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 105 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown

Sources:

https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1882&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
17-Dec-2008 11:45 ASN archive Added
13-Oct-2017 13:48 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
13-Oct-2017 14:14 TigerTimon Updated [Location]
30-Oct-2018 19:17 stehlik49 Updated [Operator]
27-Oct-2020 18:15 TigerTimon Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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