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| Date: | Saturday 1 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:50 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ607 |
| MSN: | DX-T |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterschelde, near 'De Duintjes', Woensdrecht, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Takeoff at 00:45 hrs for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by heavy (schwere) Flak of the 3./Reserve-Flak-Abteilung 442 and crashed.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Sergeant Thomas Francis Murphy RCAF R/77771 [Killed] grave 7 E 4
Observer : Flight Sergeant Kenneth Turner Howarth DFM RAF 581154 [Killed] grave 6 F 8
Observer : Sergeant William John Tanner RAFVR 1332536 [Killed] grave 3 D 11
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Sergeant Robert Edwin Furnell RAFVR 1311105 [Killed] grave 3 D 12
Rear Gunner : Sergeant Francis John Smith RAFVR 1291796 [Killed] grave 3 D 11
All lie at the Bergen-Op-Zoom War Cemetery, Holland (51.502028 / 4.332920)
Sources:
https://db.wingstovictory.nl/pdf/177-story.pdf
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1741&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database http://robdavistelford.co.uk/webspace/raf_bc
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 12-Aug-2017 13:13 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:12 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 13-May-2020 09:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:47 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 09-May-2025 06:56 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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