ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52950
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:55 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5371 |
| MSN: | PH-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Monnickendijk dyke at Monnickendam, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 20:26 hrs local time for a bombing operation to Essen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Bergen airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Francis John Lowe RCAF R/50712 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Benjamin James Dove RAFVR 960650 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Walter Robinson Lea RAFVR 916490 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Leonard Charles Stanley RAFVR 966184 [Killed]
Sergeant Thomas Edward Parsons RAAF Aus/403117 [Killed]
Sergeant Charles William Lawrence Pooley RAAF Aus/400420 [Killed]
Sources:
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem25.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1452&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jan-2015 15:44 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2017 19:21 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2020 18:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Apr-2024 06:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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