ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52692
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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3590 |
| MSN: | JN-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Belkmerweg 27, Burgerbrug, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 23:25 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was abandoned over Noord-Holland.
The three survivors were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:120486 Plt Off John Brooke Skrender - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1 Row B Grave 17 (NCO:912387 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 May, 1942)
Navigator:655966 Plt Off R Watson PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 42826 (NCO:1063798 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 27 January, 1942)
Wireless Operator:1263235 Sgt W E Grimley PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25147
Air Gunner:1154268 Sgt Thomas George Richard Allaway - Bergen General Cemetery Plot 1. Row B. Grave 18.
Air Gunner: Sgt D R Coleman PoW (No information found).
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1700&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 June 1941 | R1644 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | Maas river, Grubbenvorst, Limburg | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 09:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Feb-2018 22:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 21-Oct-2019 11:52 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Registration] |
| 07-May-2020 18:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Jul-2023 08:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Registration, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative]] |
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