ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52761
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | overnight |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 24 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BD379 |
| MSN: | FB- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km N of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honeybourne |
Takeoff at 22:20 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft ditched in the North Sea. Probably, it was engaged by Oberleutnant Franz Buschmann of the II./NJG 2 (patrolling in GCI-box Tiger).
There were no survivors:
Pilot:NZ/403970 Fg Off James Brian Monro RNZAF - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 49.
Observer: Aus/400229 Fg Off Gordon Richard Lind RAAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 110
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:937066 Flt Sgt John Storey - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 50
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 124634 Plt Off Ian Patterson Clark - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 52.
Air Gunner:942732 Sgt Harold Hermon Hudson - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 51.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1648
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://aircrewremembered.com/monro-james-brian.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 15:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2018 20:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:44 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 04-May-2020 10:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-May-2020 10:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:48 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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