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| Date: | Saturday 18 April 1942 |
| Time: | 03:18 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3478 |
| MSN: | DX- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Mulsum, Kutenholz, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
| operation - Hamburg |
Shot down by Oblt Reinhold Eckardt 7./NJG3 - Mulsum 20km SW of Stade at 03:18. Aircraft crashed near Mulsum 11km ENE of Bremervorde. All the crew were made PoW's
Crew
70541 Sqn Ldr G F Phipps AFC - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 126.
39053 Sqn Ldr R Baron - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 108
115810 Plt Off E F Dowling - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 115.
104473 Plt Off J W Turner - Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 132.
1057870 Sgt A J Proctor - Stalag Luft 4 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 177.
645866 Sgt A R Duffield - Stalag Luft 6 Heydekrug. PoW Number 152.
Sources:
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 08-Dec-2017 17:12 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:34 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 20-Apr-2022 13:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, ] |
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