ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52750
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 23 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X9875 |
| MSN: | FD-D3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pershore |
Takeoff at 22:45 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was probably shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Hans-Hermann Müller of the 7./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Three of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:R/92183 Flt Sgt David Frank Lord RCAF - killed
Observer:123845 Sgt Terence Wong Joy - killed / washed up Afsluitdijk near pole 31,2 on 12 July
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1186919 Sgt Colin George Cockayne - killed
Observer: 1386506 Sgt Richard Thomas Sudbury - killed / washed up near Zandvoort in Noord-Holland
Air Gunner:1311388 Sgt John Rooney - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1645
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 15:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2018 22:23 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 26-Jan-2018 11:22 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 18:03 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 09:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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