ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52861
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:20 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 11 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | R1065 |
| MSN: | KJ-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | De Grevelingen 200 metres south of Ouddorp, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Steeple Morden |
Takeoff at 22:40 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft made a successful emergency-landing on a sandbank in the Grevelingen at ± 200 meters south of Ouddorp.
All five crew members were taken prisoner of war:
1168638 Flt Sgt John Henry Bulford PoW
41537 Sgt Keith Arthur Dunkley RNZAF PoW
958233 Sgt Ralph Higham PoW
411074 Sgt Trevor Alexander Guthrie RNZAF PoW
1368628 Sgt J K Day PoW
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1536&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
https://db.wingstovictory.nl/database_detail-en.php?wtv_id=158
RAF Prisoners of War
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 10:44 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Jan-2018 14:19 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:07 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 20-Apr-2020 19:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2021 08:27 | S.W. | Updated [Narrative] |
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