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| Date: | Wednesday 22 July 1942 |
| Time: | 01:55 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3561 |
| MSN: | KO-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | between Vlodrop and Herkenbosch; Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Marham, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 23:44 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) 5 km SE Roermond: 3,500m at 01:49.
Three of the crew perished and were initially buried at Venlo. Today, they rest at Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland:
Pilot:109494 Plt Off M L Freegard PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 596 (NCO:1270588 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 02 December, 1941)
Observer:R/67602 WOII George Vincent Cyril Booth (American) RCAF - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 24 G 8
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner:906144 Flt Sgt Warnford Francis Victor Pink - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 24 G 7
Air Gunner:1267233 Sgt John S Munro Jonkerbos War Cemetery 24 G 9
Air Gunner:1161250 Sgt W G Rogers PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 27063
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1703
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 18-Jul-2017 09:48 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2018 21:16 | 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 17:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Jul-2023 08:00 | Rob Davis | Updated |
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