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| Date: | Wednesday 3 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:58 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X9787 |
| MSN: | DX- |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | north of Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Takeoff at 23:50 hrs for an operation to Essen in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Werner Rowlin of the 8./NJG 1 - 6 km north of Gildehaus (4A) at 01:58.
All five rest at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery in Nordrhein-Westfalen:
Pilot: NZ/41574 Flt Sgt Vincent Patrick Cummock RNZAF - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 24. D. 8.
Observer:122095 Plt Off Herbert Percy Rose - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 29. E. 8-10 (NCO:1259651 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 23 June, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:909841 Sgt Harold Clifford Andrews - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 29. E. 8-10.
Air Gunner:1330217 Sgt Basil Theodore Haylock - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 24. D. 9.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1190493 Sgt Douglas Malcolm Sharp - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery Coll. grave 29. E. 8-10.
Sources:
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9787
Google Maps
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Jan-2018 17:58 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 24-Apr-2020 17:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Jun-2022 09:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 25-Jun-2022 04:01 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 22-May-2024 14:33 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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