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| Date: | Thursday 17 December 1942 |
| Time: | 19:20 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK336 |
| MSN: | KO-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Grafeld, Berge, Niedersachsen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 17:33 hrs for a bombing operation against Fallersleben, Wolfsburg.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Hauptmann Walter Milius, Feldwebel Werner Blasius & Oberfeldwebel Ernst Maass of the 1./NJG 3 based at Vechta airfield, who were flying a Dornier Do 217 J-1.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Robert Philling Crisp RAFVR 1315820 [Killed]
Navigator : Sergeant Charles Derrick Lamont RNZAF NZ/413710 [Killed]
Bomb Aimer : Sergeant Joseph Clegg Wood RAFVR 1238480 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant William Owen Howard Williams RAF 1011696 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Arthur Douglas Rowsell RAFVR 798598 [Killed]
All lie at the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BK336
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/Nachtjagdgeschwader/NJG3.htm
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Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Nov-2020 18:33 | TigerTimon | Added |
| 29-Aug-2024 20:21 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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