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| Date: | Monday 18 May 1942 |
| Time: | 00:49 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3644 |
| MSN: | KO-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | NE of Pellworm Island -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
| operation - Gardening (mine-laying) |
An aircraft was seen going down at at 55N 06E. It looked like it was out of control. The evidence suggests that that it may have been this aircraft. Plt off Fisher's body was recovered at Alte Kirche on the western side of Pellworm Island.
The aircraft had been intercepted by Hauptmann Schütze, Feldwebel Wiedenbach & Stabsfeldwebel Reinartz of the 4./NJG 2 flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+HM from Westerland/Sylt airfield.
Both aircraft went down in flames in the ensuing combat.
Crew:-
1112329 Sgt Francis Norman Butterworth - Runnymede Memorial Panel 79.
103576 Plt Off John Fisher - Hamburg Cemetery 6A. C. 5 (NCO:961759 Commission Gazetted : Friday 12 September, 1941)
1256771 Sgt Kenneth Arthur Lloyd - Runnymede Memorial Panel 88.
1309976 Sgt William Richard Wagstaff - Runnymede Memorial Panel 95.
931128 Sgt Arthur Wilton Ragan - Runnymede Memorial Panel 92.
Sources:
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Operational Record Book - https://115squadron-raf.be/crews/Wellington%20Mk%20III%20-%20X3644%20-%20KO-A.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Dec-2017 16:29 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 28-Dec-2017 17:20 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 11-May-2022 19:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 14-May-2024 12:05 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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