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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | 00:02 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 22 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | X9932 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Osterwick, Rosendahl, Nordrhein-Westfalen (claim location) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stratford, Warwickshire |
Takeoff at 20:30 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of the 8./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Daniel Lawrence Pablo RCAF R/109023 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Charles Edward Pollard RCAF R/123260 [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Clifford Roy Sullivan RCAF J/85162 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Wallace Hayden Johnson RCAF R/82881 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Eddie Stanley Joseph McCasky RCAF R/110750 [Killed]
All five rest in the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=X9932
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 11:41 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 03-Jun-2024 13:02 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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