ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52800
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 June 1942 |
| Time: | 03:23 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | X3723 |
| MSN: | VR-H |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 5 km NW of Noordwijk, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Takeoff at 23:36 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the Ergänzungsstaffel/NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
Two of the crew are still missing in action:
Pilot / P/O. A.H. Harris J/15584 RCAF / Noordwijk cemetery; grave 1 6 / washed up near Noordwijk on the 11th of July
Observer / Sgt. N.E. Costigan R/61096 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 103
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. H.A. MacDonald R/76219 RCAF / Bergen op Zoom cemetery in Noord-Brabant; grave 29 B 12 / washed up Callantsoog (Noord-Holland) on the 8th of July
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. J.T. Hunter R/69856 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 104
Air Gunner / P/O. F.R. Donnison J/15419 RCAF / Bergen op Zoom RCAF cemetery in Noord-Brabant; grave 6 H 5 / washed up Katwijk aan Zee on the 12th of July
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=X3723&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 29 July 1942 | X3488 | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF | 6 | North Sea W of Terschelling, Friesland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Jun-2017 07:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Oct-2018 12:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 30-Apr-2020 18:46 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 17:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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