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| Date: | Tuesday 20 January 1942 |
| Time: | 21:00 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8370 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Boschplaat, Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Took off from RAF Binbrook at 18:34 for Emden. The aircraft was intercepted and damaged by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Ludwig Becker of the 6./NJG 2, who was flying Do 215 B-5 R4+AP from Leeuwarden airfield. The pilot performed an emergency-landing on Terschelling island.
Crew:-
Pilot : Flight Lieutenant William Herbert Thallon RAF 41754 : Commission Gazetted Friday 19 January, 1940) [PoW] Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 1441
2nd Pilot : Sergeant Edmund John Roberts Fowler RAFVR 1211175 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Sergeant William Rutherford RAFVR 942274 [Killed]
Flight Sergeant George Homer Groves RAF 652612 [PoW] Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 24791
Pilot Officer Percival Raymond Ross RNZAF 38210 [PoW] Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 1437
Flight Sergeant Frederick William Walker RAF 550392 [PoW] Camp L6 Heydekrug PoW Number 90097
Those who died are buried in the Terschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery, Netherlands (53.386384 / 5.293091)
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1387&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Bomber Command Losses 1942
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Oct-2017 19:43 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 06-Nov-2017 09:20 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type, ] |
| 30-Dec-2017 22:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 30-Dec-2017 22:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:16 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator, ] |
| 02-Nov-2019 10:06 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 14-Jun-2022 23:32 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 24-Nov-2024 07:30 | Rob Davis | Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
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