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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:06 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3750 |
| MSN: | KO-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Strabrechtse heide, Heeze, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:49 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield - (claim) 8 km east of Eindhoven: 3,500m at 02:06.
There were no survivors:
Pilot:943590 Sgt John Horace Fletcher - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Observer:1256392 Sgt John Ingram Morris - Eindhoven (Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/67269 Flt Sgt George William Roney RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ Grave 82
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:910440 Sgt Leonard Alfred Charles Standen Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:R/78076 Flt Sgt William Elliott Brown RCAF - Eindhoven(Woensel) General Cemetery Plot JJ. Grave 83-86 (Coll.)
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1701
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 09:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2018 22:19 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 28-Oct-2018 17:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 07-May-2020 17:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 09-Jul-2022 08:45 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, ] |
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