ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52848
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:23 LT |
| Type: |  Short Stirling Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 7 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | N3750 |
| MSN: | MG-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Westerschelde estuary south of Vlissingen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 23:07 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot up by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Dr. Horst Patuschka of the 7./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88 C-6 from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
The crew were all taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:66533 Flt Lt N E Winch PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 39662.
*Pilot: 04128 Gp Capt Herbert Martin Massey DSO MC PoW SBO Stalag Luft 3 Zagan.
Flight Engineer:628900 WO B A Iverson PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 422
Navigator:123998 Plt Off G E Booth PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 395.
Bomb Aimer:1375815 Sgt E D Williams PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 456.
Wireless Operator: NZ403753 Sgt R J Boag RNZAF PoW Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 393.
Air Gunner:559243 Flt Sgt J Hankin PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 413.
* Gp Capt H M Massey was the Senior British Officer at Zagan. It was he who sanctioned the "Great Escape". He was admitted to Obermassfeld Hospital and repatriated on 22 May 1944 as he had not fully recovered from his injuries whilst parachuting pre war.
Massey was the basis for the character Group Captain Ramsey in the film The Great Escape (who also walks with a stick), played by actor James Donald.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1556A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive book from Red Kite
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 15 July 1941 | N6022 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | Newton Flotman near Norwich; Norfolk, England |  |
w/o |
| 13 April 1942 | N3679 | 7 Sqn RAF | 0 | RAF Newmarket, Suffolk, England | |
unk |
| 16 September 1942 | W7569 | 7 Sqn RAF | 7 | IJsselmeer near Lemmer, Friesland | |
w/o |
| 22 June 1943 | EF387 | 7 Sqn RAF | 1 | Eerste Stichting, Oploo, Noord-Brabant | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 31-May-2017 06:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2018 15:07 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Nov-2018 17:05 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 03-Jun-2019 15:59 | Anon. | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 08-Jan-2020 13:06 | rvargast17 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Apr-2020 09:29 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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