ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52762
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 04:26 |
| Type: |  Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk V |
| Owner/operator: | 24 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | BD266 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 10 km SW of Den Helder, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Honeybourne |
Takeoff at 22:36 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Günther Löwa of the 5./NJG 2, who was patrolling in GCI-box Salzhering.
Only Sgt Rixon's body was recovered when it was washed up at Callantstoog on 23 July 1942. Initially he was buried at Huisduinen Cemetery. He has now been reinterred in Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery, Noord-Brabant:
Pilot:R/106062 Sgt Frederick Marsden Cole RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 103
Observer:121559 Plt Off Sidney Arthur Cheeseman - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:121555 Plt Off Harry William Blackford - Runnymede Memorial Panel 68
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: R/51998 Flt Sgt Peter Christopher Omilianouski RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 106
Air Gunner:818034 Sgt William Percy Rixon - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 33 B 6
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1647
CWGC
Find A Grave
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 15:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2018 19:35 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 04-May-2020 10:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jun-2022 03:41 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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