ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52767
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:56 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 23 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV475 |
| MSN: | BY-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Braamhaarsveld at Azelo, Ambt Delden, Overijssel -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Pershore |
Takeoff at 22:23 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 Oberleutnant Werner Rowlin of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.
All five rest at Delden cemetery:
Pilot:R/95095 Flt Sgt John Keith Crossing RCAF - Ambt-Delden General Cemetery Plot IB. Row K. Grave 2
Observer:1046424 Sgt Ronald Arthur Chapman - Ambt-Delden General Cemetery Plot IB. Row K. Coll. grave 3-5.
Observer:656709 Sgt Thomas Henry Inch - Ambt-Delden General Cemetery - Plot IB. Row K. Coll. grave 3-5
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1023907 Sgt John Reginald Jones - Ambt-Delden General Cemetery - Plot IB. Row K. Coll. grave 3-5.
Air Gunner:1378431 Sgt Joseph Swales - Ambt-Delden General Cemetery - Plot IB. Row K. Coll. grave 3-5.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1637
Find A Grave
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Jun-2017 06:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 23-Jan-2018 17:29 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 11:25 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 26-Jan-2018 12:13 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport] |
| 04-May-2020 09:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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