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| Date: | Thursday 10 September 1942 |
| Time: | 22:55 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 25 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | Z1725 |
| MSN: | ?-M |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Ellinghausen, Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Finningley, South Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 20:24 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by Flak of probably the 3./schwere Flak-Abteilung 524.
The five crew members rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Pilot: R/103575 Flight Sergeant Mervin Keith Matson (RCAF)
Navigator: R/90686 Flight Sergeant Joseph Hilarion Charron (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer: 1335832 Sergeant Stanley Terance Southgate (RAFVR)
Wireless Op/Air Gunner: 747753 Flight Sergeant Frank Reginald Molton (RAFVR)
Air Gunner: 1337937 Sergeant Henry William Hancock (RAFVR)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=Z1725
Google Maps
https://aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=z1725&qand=&exc1=&exc2=&search_only=&search_type=exact
http://www.rafcommands.com/database/serials/details.php?uniq=Z1725
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2040281
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/canadian-virtual-war-memorial/detail/2035579
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 10:00 | TigerTimon | Added |
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