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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:34 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV763 |
| MSN: | XG-H2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Perk, Steenokkerzeel, Flemish Brabant (claim location) -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire |
Takeoff at 23:12 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Walter Ehle & Oberfeldwebel Hans Weng of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G9+CC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield.
Crew:-
Pilot : Pilot Officer Ronald James Robinson DFC RAFVR 110612 (NCO:905286 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 02 December, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Flying Officer Charles O'Brien RAF 45486 (NCO:580463 : Commission Gazetted Friday 18 April, 1941) [Killed]
Sergeant Elton Taylor Beal RCAF R/2176 [PoW]
Flight Sergeant Joseph Major William Forster RAF 638159 [PoW]
Sergeant H E De Mone RCAF [Evaded]
The casualties lie at the Adegem Canadian War Cemetery, Belgium (51.202537 / 3.505399)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=DV763
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Apr-2020 11:10 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 06-Nov-2022 23:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 22-May-2024 07:18 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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