Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III X3542,
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Date:Saturday 18 April 1942
Time:02:49
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:57 Sqn RAF
Registration: X3542
MSN: DX-
Fatalities:Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:near the Marienhof, Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Feltwell
Destination airport:Hamburg
Narrative:
Claim by Fw Ernst Meess 6/NJG3 - Budelsdorf near Rendsburg (Kiebitz) at 02:49.
Coned by searchlights batteries of Marine Flak Abt 211, 221, 231 and 251 between 02:42-02:49
(Wellington near Marienhof 02:49).

Crew
404438 Flt Sgt Warwick St George Ruxton Wilson RNZAF Kiel War Cemetery 1. A. 5.
82956 Flt Lt R Hicks PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 120
104577 Plt Off J S Skinner PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 129
1101025 Sgt Alexander John Shields Gillespie -Runnymede Memorial Panel 83.
902805 Sgt R D Meek PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 171.
931030 Sgt Ronald Sydney Andrews Runnymede Memorial Panel 77.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
RAF Prisoners of War
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps

History of this aircraft

Other occurrences involving this aircraft
16 July 1941 R1624 57 Sqn RAF 6 near the Veldstraat road, Bocholt, Limburg w/o
2 March 1942 X3748 57 Sqn RAF 2 Sprendlingen near Bad Kreuznach w/o
2 April 1942 X3425 57 Sqn RAF 6 west of Opoeteren, Maaseik, Limburg (claim location) w/o
2 April 1942 X3607 57 Sqn RAF 6 woods east of Lorsch, Hessen w/o
2 April 1942 Z1565 57 Sqn RAF 5 between Wasserlos and Hörstein, south of Alzenau; Bayern w/o
2 April 1942 X3410 57 Sqn RAF 6 Frettenheim, Rheinland-Pfalz w/o
9 April 1942 X3757 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea 20km N of Vlieland, Friesland mis
29 April 1942 X3640 57 Sqn RAF 5 park of Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines 78 w/o
Mid-air collision
18 May 1942 DV806 57 Sqn RAF 0 Sea 200yds off Dungeness mis
31 May 1942 X3387 57 Sqn RAF 0 Berner's Heath Range near Lakenheath, England w/o
2 June 1942 DV816 57 Sqn RAF 0 Westerschelde estuary NW of Wemeldinge, Zeeland w/o
3 June 1942 X9787 57 Sqn RAF 5 north of Gildehaus, GB, Niedersachsen w/o
6 June 1942 HF915 57 Sqn RAF 5 North Sea w/o
23 June 1942 X3758 57 Sqn RAF 5 presumed lost over the sea - Niedersachsen mis
30 June 1942 Z1578 57 Sqn RAF 6 North Sea mis
30 June 1942 Z1618 57 Sqn RAF 3 North Sea, off Dutch coast mis
22 July 1942 X3584 57 Sqn RAF 5 Missing mis

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
08-Dec-2017 18:04 Red Dragon Added
07-Nov-2018 19:34 Nepa Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator]
17-Mar-2019 20:48 Shack832 Updated [Narrative]
05-May-2019 09:02 Anon. Updated [Time, Destination airport, Narrative]
20-Apr-2022 13:11 TigerTimon Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source]

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