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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:46 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3552 |
| MSN: | JN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Pootweg - Hazeldonkse Zandweg, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 18:50 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, crashed under unknown circumstances.
Probably, intercepted by a Junkers Ju 88C flown by Hauptmann Dr Horst Patuschka of the 4./NJG 2 operating from Gilze-Rijen.
Pilot / Sgt. E.N. Smith 1294712 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 93 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown
Second Pilot / P/O. D.L. Hemming 123945 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 70 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown
Navigator / Sgt. P.C. Harrison 1025321 RAF / Den Haag cemetery; grave 2 37 / washed up Den Haag 23rd November
Bomb Aimer / P/O. F. Maxfield 132996 RAF / Ulrum cemetery; grave 1 8 / recovered from Waddenzee 2nd December
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/Sgt. P.W.S. Varley 921823 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 76 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown
Rear Gunner / F/Sgt. D.L. Morrow R/81473 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 105 / buried at Bergen op Zoom as unknown
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1882&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 13-Oct-2017 13:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Oct-2017 14:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, ] |
| 30-Oct-2018 19:17 | stehlik49 | Updated [Operator, ] |
| 27-Oct-2020 18:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
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