ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52758
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:37 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 12 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | R1410 |
| MSN: | KX-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chipping Warden |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by Flak over Bremen and probably finished off by a night fighter of the II./NJG 2 based at Leeuwarden airfield and patrolling in GCI-box Tiger (based at Terschelling island).
Aircraft was still wearing 311 Sqdn codes. Three of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:1272432 Sgt John Tudor Shapcott - killed
Observer:117480 Plt Off Philip Morris - Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery Plot K. Row 5. Grave 111. (Washed up near pole 29 on 12 July 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:411797 Sgt Frederick Robert West RNZAF - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1065715 Sgt Ronald Hayward Smith - Ameland (NES) General Cemetery Plot D. Row 15. Grave 16.
Air Gunner:1378958 Sgt Leonard Roy Elvin - killed
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1640A
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 12:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2017 12:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 18:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2019 12:39 | ALAN MACKAY | Updated [Operator] |
| 01-Nov-2019 20:26 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 04-May-2020 09:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 09:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 10:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:22 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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