ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52946
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 00:05 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1321 |
| MSN: | QT-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of Vlaardingen, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time for an operation to Essen in Germany.
Homeward-bound and over Zuid-Holland, caught by searchlights and hit by heavy Flak of the Flakgruppe Rotterdam. Exploded and crashed on open grassland northeast of Vlaardingen 10 km west of the centre of Rotterdam.
Pilot: 1166180 Sgt David John White - The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Allied Plot. Row 1. Grave
2nd Pilot: R/78467 Flt Sgt William Melville Pipher RCAF - The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Allied Plot. Row 1. Grave 19.
Navigator: R/77507 Flt Sgt Andrew Lennox RCAF - The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Allied Plot. Row 1. Grave 18.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1375174 Sgt Eric Charles Groves - Runnymede Memorial Panel 84.
Wireless Operator?Air Gunner:1309716 Sgt Alfred Jelly - The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Allied Plot. Row 1. Grave 21.
Air Gunner: 967059 Sgt Ronald Harry Joseph Barrie - The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Allied Plot. Row 1. Grave 22.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=Z1321&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://www.go2war2.nl/artikel/2103/Crash-of-Wellington-Z1321-near-Vlaardingen.htm
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/92008638/eric-charles-groves
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 23 September 1942 | Z1219 | 142 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea off Friesland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Jul-2014 19:05 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2017 11:54 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2017 14:59 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 10-Apr-2018 13:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Aug-2018 19:33 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 13:27 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 14:27 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Jun-2022 16:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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