Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III BJ615, Monday 27 July 1942
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Date:Monday 27 July 1942
Time:02:59 claim
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:115 Sqn RAF
Registration: BJ615
MSN: KO-G
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: Aircraft missing
Location:North Sea NW of Vlieland, Friesland -   Netherlands
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Marham, Norfolk
Destination airport:
Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:53 hrs for an operation to Hamburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Helmut Lent & Feldwebel Walter Kubisch of the Stab II./NJG 2, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 R4+AC from Leeuwarden airfield - (claim) sea NW Vlieland (prob. Tiger) at 02:59 hrs.

Crew:-
Pilot : Wing Commander Frank William Dixon-Wright DFC RAF 32123 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer George Whittaker DFM RAFVR 48422 (NCO:546263 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 05 May, 1942) [Killed]
Flight Sergeant William Martin Kostyshyn RCAF R/75325 [Killed]
Sergeant Fred Newbound RAFVR 1308926 [Killed]
Pilot Officer Alexander Johnston Stewar Ollar DFM RAFVR 120067 (NCO:751315 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 April, 1942) [Killed]
Flying Officer John Frederick Stock RAFVR 101082 (NCO:1187203 : Commission Gazetted Friday 08 August, 1941) [Killed]

P/O Whittaker rests at the Hamburg Cemetery, Ohlsdorf, Germany (53.621319 / 10.053845)
The other four casualties are remembered at the Runnymede Memorial, United Kingdom (51.437693 / -0.564745)

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ615
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
11-May-2020 17:06 TigerTimon Added
15-Jun-2022 04:41 Ron Averes Updated [Location, ]
21-Jun-2025 06:38 Rob Davis Updated [Source, Narrative, ]

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