ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52759
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:32 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 12 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | R1349 |
| MSN: | FQ- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee 5 km SE of De Kooy Airfield, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Chipping Warden |
Operation - third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Denzel & Unteroffizier Dunger of the 6./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 R4+FP.
Four of the crew, rest at Bergen op Zoom war cemetery in Noord-Brabant:
Crew:-
Pilot:748232 Flt Sgt Alan Charles Russell Wilson - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 32 B 4 (Washed up De Kooy 1 July 1942).
Observer:43951 Flt Lt Donald Patrickson Drussel - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 31 B 7 (Body recovered by rescue vessel 'Dorus Rijkers' 27 June 1942) (NCO:580845 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 16 July, 1940)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:755137 Flt Sgt David White Taylor - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 31 B 6 (Body recovered by rescue vessel 'Dorus Rijkers' 27 June 1942).
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:110134 Plt Off Ryland George Addis - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 31 B 8 (Body recovered by rescue vessel 'Dorus Rijkers' 27 June 1942)(NCO:1177306 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 December, 1941)
Air Gunner:969407 Flt Sgt Frederick James Golightly - Runnymede Memorial Panel 74
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1640
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 12:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2018 13:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:45 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 04-May-2020 09:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 09:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 08:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 23-Nov-2023 12:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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