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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3598 |
| MSN: | GT-A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Oosterschelde, W of Tholen, Zeeland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Alconbury |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
Probably, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein of the 9./NJG 2, who was flying a Ju 88C from Gilze-Rijen airfield.
The six crew members rest at Bergen op Zoom, in two different cemeteries. The two Canadian pilots are buried in the RCAF cemetery at Bergen op Zoom.
Crew:-
Pilot:J/6027 Plt Off John Douglas Norman Bain DFC RCAF - Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery 12. F. 1.
Pilot:R/81453 Flt Sgt William Thomas Cormack RCAF - Bergen op Zoom Canadian War Cemetery 12. F. 3.
Observer:124001 Plt Off Leslie Newton - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 3. D. 7 (NCO:998273 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 14 July, 1942)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1056497 Sgt Andrew Turnbull Brunton - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 3. D. 8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:920538 Sgt Derek Harry Normington - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 3. D. 9.
Air Gunner:119172 Plt Off Emrys Evans - Bergen op Zoom War Cemetery 3. D. 6 (NCO:1013191 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 28 April, 1942)
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1545&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 08:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 01-Jan-2018 17:11 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2018 21:26 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 21-Apr-2020 08:49 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Jun-2022 10:50 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 21-May-2024 17:26 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
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