ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52932
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| Date: | Sunday 29 March 1942 |
| Time: | 04:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1203 |
| MSN: | QT-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Tienboerenweg, Mijdrecht, Utrecht -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby, Lincolnshire (takeoff at 21:28 LT) |
The aircraft was hit by flak as it crossed the coast near Kiel. This probably holed a fuel tank and as the aircraft had insufficient fuel to get home the pilot turned inland over Holland, allowing the crew to bale out. The crew were taken prisoner, the rear gunner having baled out at Nieuw-Vennep and two others having come down at Kudelstaart. The Wellington and crashed at Mijdrecht, near Amsterdam Schipol airfield, Netherlands.
Crew
Pilot: J/4114 Plt Off J H Hall (RCAF) - Camp L3 Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria. PoW Number 7
2nd Pilot: 964956 Flt Sgt L H Houghton - Camp 344 Stalag Lamsdorf PoW Number 24845
Navigator: 957746 Flt Sgt JE Harritt - Camp L3 Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria PoW Number 24794
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 745902 F/S A R Tidder - Camp L3 Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria PoW Number 24793
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1280515 Sgt GP Wadsworth - Camp L3 Stalag Luft Sagan and Belaria PoW Number 24841
Air Gunner: 1194046 Sgt EJ Pettitt - Camp 357 Stalag Kopernikus PoW Number 24814
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1465
*142 Sqn ORB's
BCL VOLUME 3 1942 amendments and additions
RAF Prisoners of War
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Mar-2017 12:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2017 18:08 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Nov-2017 18:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Apr-2020 09:42 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Damage] |
| 17-Jun-2022 01:56 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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