Date:	Tuesday 2 June 1942
Time:	01:32
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk Ic
Owner/operator:	23 OTU RAF
Registration:	Z8867
MSN:	WE-L
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Stationsstraat street, Horst, Limburg -   Netherlands
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF Stradishall
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for participation in the second 1,000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Jakob Bender & Feldwebel Fritz Stolper of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.

Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William John Ewart MiD RAFVR 89380 (NCO:910289 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 21 January, 1941) [Killed]
Observer : Pilot Officer Reginald Alfred Minchin RAF 48226 (NCO:566967 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 28 April, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Pilot Officer George Gascoyne DFM RAFVR 123294 (NCO:936622 : Commission Gazetted Friday 10 July, 1942) [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant David Robert Stuart RAFVR 751717 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Pilot Officer Reginald Scriven RAFVR 115802 (NCO:905237 : Commission Gazetted Tuesday 24 February, 1942) [Killed]

The crew was initially buried at Venlo. Today, they rest at the Jonkerbos War Cemetery, Netherlands (51.822371 / 5.830618)

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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
17-Dec-2008 11:45	ASN archive	Added
01-Jun-2017 06:38	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
05-Jan-2018 21:02	Red Dragon	Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
24-Jan-2018 11:25	XindelX	Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, ]
23-Apr-2020 19:36	TigerTimon	Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ]
22-May-2024 07:59	Rob Davis	Updated [Source, Narrative, ]