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| Date: | Wednesday 29 July 1942 |
| Time: | 03:21 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1624 |
| MSN: | KO-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 10 km SW of Lemmer, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:08 hrs for an operation to Hamburg in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Leutnant Erich Gollasch of the 6./NJG 2 based at Leeuwarden airfield, who was patrolling in GCI-box Eisbär based at Lemmer.
Two of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:411429 Plt Off Leonard Marton Mason RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 116
Navigator:117137 Plt Off Charles Frederick Thorpe PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 608
Bomb Aimer:1072884 Sgt James Anthony Brogan Runnymede Memorial Panel 79
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:J/7496 Plt Off G B F Pilgrim (American) RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 604.
Air Gunner:J/9064 Plt Off J A O Rondeau RCAF PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 605
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=&date=&location=&pn=Z1624&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
115 Squadron Association
RAF Prisoners of War
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 11-Aug-2017 08:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 23-Feb-2018 21:25 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:02 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 12-May-2020 14:53 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:33 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
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