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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 22:05 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 419 (Moose) Sqn RCAF |
| Registration: | BK270 |
| MSN: | VR-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Gerkerath, Mönchengladbach, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Croft, North Yorkshire |
Takeoff at 18:55 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Hans-Dieter Frank & Unteroffizier Erich Gotter of the 2./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant John Percy Jolley RCAF R/94638 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant Patrick James Anderton RAF 534829 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant Henry Arthur Grover RCAF R/84043 [Killed]
Sergeant Vincent Ormerod Noonan RAAF Aus/406508 [Killed]
Flying Officer Leslie Rowland Scourfield RCAF J/9782 [Killed]
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK270
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Oct-2020 15:32 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 07-Jun-2024 07:15 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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