ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52869
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 02:55 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV715 |
| MSN: | GT-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | off the Lindeseweg road at Vorden, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
Takeoff at 23:55 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Helmut Woltersdorf of the 7./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield.
All rest in Vorden cemetery:
Pilot:1180129 Sgt Peter Gordon Arthur Malin - Vorden General Cemetery Coll. grave 2-3. / 23 years old
Observer:1181184 Sgt James Herbert Holmes - Vorden General Cemetery Coll. grave 2-3.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1053426 Sgt Ronald Peel - Vorden General Cemetery Grave 1. / 22 years old
Air Gunner:R/70432 Sgt Leonard Frank Cooke RCAF - Vorden General Cemetery Coll. grave 2-3. / 19 years old
Air Gunner:1305765 Sgt Raymond Catley - Vorden General Cemetery Grave 4.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1540&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
2020 Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Bomber Command Losses 1942
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 April 1942 | X3485 | 156 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea near Ameland, Friesland | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 08:01 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2017 17:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2020 12:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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