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| Date: | Sunday 22 November 1942 |
| Time: | 22:55 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3672 |
| MSN: | GT-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Le Chanet, Argançon, Aube département -
 France
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire |
Operation - Stuttgart, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Heinrich Wohlers of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Juvincourt airfield. The Wellington crashed at Amance, a village in an area of some beauty east of the Lac de la Foret and 20½ miles east of Troyes, France.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant Edward Albert Fletcher RAF 49694 (NCO:520316 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 06 October, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Frederick Victor Brook RAFVR 1207423 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer George John Grayland RAF 51289 (NCO:623538 : Commission Gazetted Saturday 10 October, 1942) [Killed]
Pilot Officer Roy Lister Myers RAF 141825 (NCO:1381314 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 20 April, 1943) [PoW]
Flight Lieutenant Norman Robert Watts RAF 88586 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 31 December, 1940) [PoW]
The casualties lie at the Amance Communal Cemetery, France (48.296416 / 4.510088), where the Commonwealth War Graves Commission green plaque is easily seen on Google Earth Street View but a surrounding wall conceals the headstones.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://francecrashes39-45.net/page_fiche_av.php?id=818
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Nov-2020 19:01 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 23-Feb-2025 09:10 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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