ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52858
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:26 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5361 |
| MSN: | PH-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Akerdijk at Badhoevedorp, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 22:42 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was coned by the 1./Reserve-Scheinwerfer-Abteilung 168 and hit by the 1./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 242; crashed at Akerdijk Badhoevedorp.
The deceased are buried at the Nieuwe Ooster Begraafplaats in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In the year 1999 a memorial was erected in remembrance of the crew that died in the crash:
Pilot:84921 Flt Lt Anthony Bremner Payne DFC - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row C. Coll. grave 17.
2nd Pilot:1293656 Sgt Benjamin Sigler - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row C. Coll. grave 17.
Observer:1264306 Sgt Jack Wise - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row C. Coll. grave 17
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:400761 Sgt Geoffrey Clement Praagst RAAF - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row C. Grave 16.
Air Gunner:1378840 Sgt James Brown - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row C. Coll. grave 17.
Air Gunner:981131 Sgt William James Callaghan - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 85. Row C. Coll. grave 17.
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1537 http://www.crash40-45.nl/museum_nl/evenementen/99-3105.html
CWGC.
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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| 26 February 1942 | Z8410 | 12 Sqn RAF | 0 | Over Holluf, Odense, Syddanmark |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Mar-2015 16:09 | gerard57 | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 30-May-2017 08:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 15:18 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 15:19 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 19-Oct-2018 14:23 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Apr-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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