ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52596
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| Date: | Thursday 27 August 1942 |
| Time: | 23:25 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1613 |
| MSN: | GT-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Elsendorp, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys |
Took off from RAF Warboys at 20:39 hrs local time for an operation to Kassel in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank of the 2./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield - (claim) Gemert 10 km north of Helmond (5B): 5,800m at 23:25; crashed near Elsendorp 20 km NNE of Helmond.
All six rest in the Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery:
Pilot: 130067 Plt Off John William Longhurst - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 113.
Pilot: NZ/412201 Plt Off Robert William Byers RNZAF - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 112.
Observer: 130722 Plt Off Noel Millidge - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 115.
Observer: NZ/412363 Flt Sgt. Jams William Stuart 412363 RNZAF Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 147.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 910946 Sgt Archibald Charles Blogg - Eindhoven (Woensel)
General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 114.
Air Gunner: 1111867 Sgt Hugh Richard Skinner - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 120.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1787
http://www.heerlijckvrij.nl/heerlijckhistorisch/neergestorte-vliegtuigen-in-elsendorp-1940-1945/
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 04-Dec-2016 13:51 | gerard57 | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2017 22:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Aug-2017 22:03 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:54 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Jul-2019 18:44 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2020 12:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-May-2020 12:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
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