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| Date: | Monday 27 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:15 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IV |
| Owner/operator: | 142 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1319 |
| MSN: | QT-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Horst, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Grimsby |
Takeoff at 22:45 hrs for an operation to Hamburg.
The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter of the 5./NJG 3 based at Schleswig airfield; crashed at 01:15 hrs at Horst.
Those who perished rest at the Hamburg cemetery:
Pilot:R/37635 Sqn Ldr Charles Lealand Olsson PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 581
Observer:J/3765 Fg Off J A Goring RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 571.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/54037 P/O William Scott Findlay RCAF - Hamburg Cemetery 6A. E. 14.
Air Gunner:R/65152 Flt Sgt William Alfred Penney - Hamburg Cemetery 6A. E. 15.
Air Gunner:1382550 Sgt A H Collinson PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25049.
Sources:
www.home.arcor.de/loenne1/Absturz/Horst.htm
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
142 Squadron
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Aug-2014 19:19 | gerard57 | Added |
| 15-Aug-2014 09:07 | Unitex | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 21-Feb-2018 21:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:18 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 22-Nov-2018 18:28 | Anon. | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 09-May-2020 17:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
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