ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52840
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Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
Time: | 02:53 LT |
Type: | Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
Owner/operator: | 20 OTU RAF |
Registration: | X9975 |
MSN: | JM-P |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Location: | North Sea off Haamstede, Schouwen-Duiveland, Zeeland -
Netherlands
|
Phase: | Combat |
Nature: | Military |
Departure airport: | RAF Stanton Harcourt |
Destination airport: | |
Narrative:Operation - second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
The aircraft came under machine gun fire of the Stützpunkt Brunhilde and crashed into the North Sea.
Five crew members are still missing in action:
Pilot:J/15225 Plt Off Stanley Sinclair Martin DFC RCAF - kiled
Co-Pilot:402438 Sgt Bernard Joseph Daley RNZAF - killed
Observer:1381239 Flt Sgt Thomas William Belton - killed
Bomb Aimer:1114251 Sgt Thomas Inglis McKenzie - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:535222 Flt Sgt Albert Marvell DFM - killed / washed up Bergen aan Zee (Noord-Holland) on the 6th of August
Air Gunner:1126920 Sgt George Campbell Falconer - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1557&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield= Google Maps
CWGC
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
17-Dec-2008 11:45 |
ASN archive |
Added |
01-Jun-2017 07:43 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
05-Jan-2018 16:26 |
Red Dragon |
Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
20-Feb-2018 17:34 |
Nepa |
Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
23-Apr-2020 18:17 |
TigerTimon |
Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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