ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52545
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| Date: | Monday 14 September 1942 |
| Time: | 03:10 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ600 |
| MSN: | GT-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Loozen hamlet, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Takeoff at 22:45 hrs local time for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was critically damaged by the night fighter crew of Unteroffizier Rudolf Frank & Unteroffizier Hans-Georg Schierholz of the 1./NJG 3, who were flying Dornier Do 217J D5+GH from Rheine airfield in Germany.
Note: also claimed by Major Hülshoff of Stab/NJG 2 and by heavy (schwere) Flak.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Valentine George Brough RNZAF NZ/39082 [Killed]
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Phillip Stevenson Hammond RAFVR 1331531 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant William Chippindale Massey RAFVR 1031306 [Killed]
Observer / Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Jack Herring RAFVR 1213839 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Cuthbert Dewar RAFVR 988654 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant William Herbert RAF 644481 [Killed]
All six rest in the Gramsbergen cemetery (GPS 52.610766 / 6.659756)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1836&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 30 May 1942 | X3706 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | Triel-sur-Seine 22km NW Central Paris |  |
w/o |
| 1 August 1942 | Z1622 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea near Haamstede, Zeeland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Sep-2017 06:26 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Sep-2017 06:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Sep-2017 06:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 13-Sep-2017 06:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
| 14-Sep-2017 16:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 27-May-2020 14:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Mar-2024 15:36 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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