ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 174232
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| Date: | Thursday 15 October 1942 |
| Time: | 23:24 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ606 |
| MSN: | PH-S |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | northwest of Wintershoven, Kortessem, Limburg -
 Belgium
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Wickenby |
Takeoff at 18:42 hrs local time for a bombing operation against Köln in Germany.
Homeward-bound, shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Wilhelm Telge & Unteroffizier Walter Telsnig of the 4./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield - (claim) 1 km northwest of Wintershoven (6A): 2,500m at 23:24.
Pilot: 1210044 Sgt Robert Bayley - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 15.
Navigator: 1023440 Sgt Geoffrey Charles Willis - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 17.
Navigator:1381545 Sgt Alec Gordon Willians - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 13.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/403060 Flt Sgt John Edward Freese Martin RAAF - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: Aus/412146 Fg Off Jack Johannesen RAAF - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 14.
Air Gunner: R/82608 Flt Sgt Edmund St Aubin Richardson RCAF - Heverlee War Cemetery Plot 3 Row D Grave 16.
Sources:
http://www.moseleians.co.uk/roll-of-honour-2/
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/bayley-robert.html
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
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| 7 January 1942 | W5514 | 12 Sqn RAF | 1 | Moor Close Ashbourne Derbyshire |  |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 03-Mar-2015 13:03 | gerard57 | Added |
| 27-Apr-2015 19:29 | ABBA | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Departure airport] |
| 19-Oct-2018 14:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 02-Sep-2019 17:08 | Anon. | Updated [Cn, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2020 18:07 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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