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| Date: | Friday 24 July 1942 |
| Time: | 00:53 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 57 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ673 |
| MSN: | DX-R |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 3 km N of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Takeoff at 00:50 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was hit by the 7./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 246 battery Ameland and the 8./Marine-Flak-Abteilung 216; crashed into the North Sea.
Three of the crew are missing in action:
Pilot:1113655 Sgt Alfred Henry Davies - Terschelling (West Terschelling) General Cemetery Grave 65.
Observer:120396 Plt Off Thomas Whiteside Kenyon - Runnymede Memorial Panel 70 (NCO:1237726 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 12 May, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:633257 Flt Sgt Douglas James Popple - Runnymede Memorial Panel 75
Air Gunner:R/143149 Sgt R D Peters RCAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 107
Air Gunner:1203414 Sgt Sidney Frederick Ogeley Blackmore - Texel (Den Burg) Cemetery Plot K. Row 5. Grave 109. (Washed up 'De Mok' 27 July 1942).
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1709
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
CWGC
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Aug-2017 17:15 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2018 19:48 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 07-Nov-2018 19:42 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 07-May-2020 18:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:21 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 23-Jul-2023 07:01 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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