ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52868
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:05 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 26 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV740 |
| MSN: | EU-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Alem, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Takeoff at 23:05 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Werner Streib & Feldwebel Walter Ruscher of the Stab I./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield; crashed at Alem 14km WNW of Oss.
Those who did not survive rest at Uden War Cemetery in Noord-Brabant:
Pilot:WO F G Hillyer PoW PoW
Observer:1252492 Sgt Dennis Howard Fletcher - killed
Observer:111523 Plt Off Arthur Cyril White - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:978029 Sgt David Stanley Bonner Vincent - killed
Air Gunner:1264073 Sgt Hector Leslie Smith - killed
*On the day after coming down by the local police arrested and transferred to the town hall in Lith; there transferred to the German authorities, which took him to an office in Utrecht and from there to Amsterdam. The Germans also brought him back to the crash site of his aircraft. He stayed in POW camps in Sagan, Heydekrug and Gross-Tychow; his POW number was 508. In 2002 he died suddenly. His family found a plasticized photograph of his crew in the breast pocket of his vest, which he had always carried with him; they were not aware of it.
David Vincent is commemorated on a family grave in Sale, Greater Manchester, England. Please see source 6.
Sources:
1. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three / for attacker
2. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1541&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
3. Google Maps
4. CWGC
5. RAF Prisoners of War
6. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/69300
*Brabants Historic Information Centre
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 09:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2017 21:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 10:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2023 17:22 | Richard | Updated [[Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]] |
| 04-Jul-2023 06:35 | Richard | Updated [[[Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]]] |
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