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| Date: | Thursday 4 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:30 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3635 |
| MSN: | KO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 1 km south of Adelheide, Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:00 hrs for an operation to Bremen.
The aircraft was hit by the 1.-3./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 265 and crashed 1 km south of Adelheide at 01:30.
Four of the crew have no known grave:
Pilot:67642 Fg Off Thomas Reader Russel Wood- Becklingen War Cemetery
2nd Pilot:41978 Sgt John Wynn Chapman RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117.
Observer:1375874 Sgt Leonard John Howe - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:905368 Sgt Maurice John Morris Davies - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81
Air Gunner: 751991 Sgt Benjamin Francis Wischusen - Runnymede Memorial Panel 97
Air Gunner:106036 Plt Off H B Pearce PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 556.
Plt Off H P Pearce was one of those involved in the "Great Escape". Details to follow.
Sources:
http://aircrewremembered.com/wood-thomas.html
115 Squadron Association
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X3635
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Jan-2018 20:05 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 09-Jan-2018 20:12 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Location, Country, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator, ] |
| 20-May-2019 19:04 | Anon. | Updated [Time, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Dec-2019 18:14 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Country, ] |
| 25-Apr-2020 10:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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