ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52756
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 04:18 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 20 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | T2723 |
| MSN: | ZT-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 22:41 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by the night fighter pilots Leutnant Hans-Georg Bötel (6./NJG 2) & Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld (5./NJG 2; flying a Bf 110 from De Kooy airfield) and engaged by Flak of the 5./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Terschelling-West.
The aircraft came from RAF Lossiemouth and was attached 150 Squadron based at RAF Snaith for the 1000 bomber raid.
Crew:
Pilot:R/83181 Sgt Norman William Levasseur PoW
Observer: Aus/403312 Sgt Robert George Ashley Brathwaite - killed.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1063043 Sgt William Alan Carruthers - killed.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/92040 Flt Sgt Robert Cresswell Marchant RCAF - killed
Air Gunner:R/91859 Sgt George C Thomson RCAF PoW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://aircrewremembered.com/levasseur-norman.html
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1643&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 13:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 21:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:48 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 17:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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