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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | 00:05 approx |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 11 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV890 |
| MSN: | OP-G |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Bienen, Rees, Nordrhein-Westfalen (claim location) -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire |
Takeoff at 20:36 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Manfred Meurer of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Norman John Rowe RNZAF NZ/414344 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Jack Inskip RNZAF NZ/41332 [Killed]
Observer : Sergeant Walter Archibald O'Malley RNZAF NZ/413308 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Thomas Pearse Hurley RNZAF NZ/411076 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Maurice Doughty Gorton RAF 627230 [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=DV890
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 26-May-2020 11:46 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Nov-2024 21:14 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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