Date:	Thursday 3 December 1942
Time:	04:40 LT
Type:	Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:	115 Sqn RAF
Registration:	BK338
MSN:	KO-A
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Location:	Monzernheim, Rheinland-Pfalz -   Germany
Phase:	Combat
Nature:	Military
Departure airport:	RAF East Wretham
Destination airport:

Narrative:
Takeoff at 01:41 hrs for a bombing operation against Frankfurt am Main in Hessen.

The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Feldwebel Paul Faden of the 8./NJG 4, who was flying a Bf 110.

Crew:-
Pilot : Warrant Officer Class II Athol Malver McCrae RCAF R/93497 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Albert Morse Borden Johnson RCAF R/84820 [Killed]
Observer : Flight Sergeant Eugene Simbalist RCAF R/76610 [Killed]
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner : Flight Sergeant John Francis Garland RNZAF NZ/403440 [Killed]
Air Gunner : Warrant Officer Class II Joseph Cecil Swarbrick RCAF R/77417 [Killed]

The five crew members rest in the Rheinberg War Cemetery, Germany (51.529254 / 6.564161)

Annonces de l'Ourthe - 23/12/2010
- Air Britain: RAF Aircraft BA100 - BZ999, published 2006

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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Date/time	Contributor	Updates
13-Jan-2011 16:03	ThW	Added
06-Sep-2011 02:17	Uli Elch	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Damage, ]
31-Jan-2012 00:42	Nepa	Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Source, ]
12-Aug-2013 13:55	JINX	Updated [Operator, Location, ]
27-Apr-2015 19:30	Anthony COX	Updated [Operator, Total occupants, Location, ]
04-Nov-2020 17:37	TigerTimon	Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ]
25-Sep-2024 07:01	Rob Davis	Updated [Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ]