ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52799
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:06 claim |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1608 |
| MSN: | JN-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | waterworks Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 23:20 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was damaged by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 2 km NE of Ouddorp: 4,200m at 03:06 hrs. Aircraft emergency-landed at a drinking water purification plant at Ouddorp and completely burned out.
The survivors were all taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:114388 Plt Off James Albert Myall PoW Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 293.
Observer:120661 Plt Off Albert Edward Collins PoW Stalag Luft III Saga & Belaria. PoW Number 682.
Bomb Aimer:924910 Sgt Douglas John Smith PoW Stalag Luft III Sagan & Belaria via Obermussfeld. PoW Number 1629.
Wireless Operator:R/60003 Flt Sgt James Franklyn Haley RCAF - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 4 D 6 (Initially buried at Haamstede).
Air Gunner:981537 Sgt William Cartwright PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 1145.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1603A
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
https://db.wingstovictory.nl/database_detail.php?wtv_id=166
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 June 1942 | X3279 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | Waddenzee E of Ameland, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 25 August 1942 | BJ651 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | Loonbeek, Huldenberg, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2017 07:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jan-2018 19:25 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 18:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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