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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV775 |
| MSN: | KG-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford |
Takeoff at 20:37 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft vanished into the North Sea. Possibly, it was damaged by a Ju 88 C-6 night fighter of the III./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
The two survivors were found in a dinghy on September 16th.
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Kenneth Charles Bonter RCAF R/100209 [PoW]
Observer : Pilot Officer Arthur Henry Childs RAFVR 116799 (NCO:1375125 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 19 May, 1942) [Killed] Bergen (Noord-Holland, the Netherlands) cemetery; grave 1 A 18 / washed up near Petten (Noord-Holland) 24 September
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Robert James Harvey RAF 1219720 [PoW]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant Douglas Richard Smith RCAF R/73247 [Killed] Kiel war cemetery in Germany; grave 3 E 5
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Richard Cecil Daoust RCAF R/130187 [Killed] Runnymede Memorial; panel 103
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1826A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage, ] |
| 26-May-2020 12:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2020 12:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 26-May-2020 12:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 10-Nov-2024 08:23 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Country, ] |
| 24-Jan-2025 07:58 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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