ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53369
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| Date: | Friday 13 June 1941 |
| Time: | 00:37 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 103 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2996 |
| MSN: | PM-C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Zwaagdijk 22a, Zwaagdijk, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Newton |
| RAF Newton |
Mission-Osnabrück. Took off from RAF Newton at 23:00 hrs. Over the Netherlands, hit by night fighter pilot Oberfeldwebel Hans Rasper of the 4./NJG 1, who was flying Bf 110 D-0/B G9+BM from Bergen airfield. Plunged down in a ball of fire and exploded in mid-air. Crashed 0037 hrs on land owned by Mr Langendijk, 22A Zwaagdijk Wervershoof (Noord Holland), 10 km W of Enkhuizen.
Most are buried at Jonkerbos War Cemetery, with one grave in Bergen General Cemetery:
Pilot - F/O R S Chisholm +
Co-pilot - P/O A V J Hardcastle +
Navigator - F/O W C Taffender +
Bomb aimer - F/Sgt A Greensides +
Air gunner - Sgt A G Burbridge +
Air gunner - F/Sgt J K E Horniman + / buried Bergen, Noord-Holland
Flight Sergeant John Knox Emslie Horniman (759240 RAFVR) is commemorated on a family grave at Saint Margaret’s Churchyard, Angmering, near Littlehampton in West Sussex, England. See Source 5. below.
More details of the crew can be found by following the links at Source 6.
See also Sources 7 and 8 for additional background information on the crew and the aircraft.
Sources:
1. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1055&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
2. Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 65
3. ORB 103 Sqdn RAF
4. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part one
5. https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/101809
6. https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/111223
7. https://www.northlincsweb.net/103Sqn/html/robert_s_chisholm_and_crew_103_sqn.html
8. https://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/168.html
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Apr-2016 18:59 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-Jan-2018 17:40 | XindelX | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Feb-2019 16:54 | Cobar | Updated [Embed code] |
| 11-Jun-2019 07:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
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