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| Date: | Monday 10 August 1942 |
| Time: | 04:34 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1593 |
| MSN: | JN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oude Larenseweg road, Epse, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 02:25 hrs local time for an operation to Osnabrück in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant August Geiger of the 8./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Twente airfield.
All five rest in Gorssel cemetery:
Pilot / Sgt. J.A. Hughes 1295212 RAF / grave A 2
Observer / Sgt. E.J. McCann 656642 RAF / grave A 3-5
Observer / Sgt. N.V. Bickerton 1495695 RAF / grave A 1
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. H.G. Jones 1199275 RAF / grave A 3-5
Air Gunner / Sgt. M. Collins 999570 RAF / grave A 3-5
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1770&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 |
| 14-Aug-2017 14:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 31-Oct-2018 13:58 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 15-May-2020 10:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Aug-2022 08:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code, Category, ] |
| 06-Aug-2022 10:19 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, ] |
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