ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202824
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| Date: | Friday 24 April 1942 |
| Time: | 03:03 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 101 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3701 |
| MSN: | SR-X |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Königshügel, Schleswig-Holstein -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Bourn |
| operation - Rostock |
Aircraft shot down by Leutnant Szameitat & Unteroffizier Kübler from 6./NJG 3, flying Bf 110 D5+AP from Schleswig airfield - (claim) Christiansholm near Rendsburg at 03:00. Aircraft crashed at Königshügel 14km WNW of Rendsburg.
Pilot:655058 WO J R Chaundy PoW Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 226
Pilot:1381750 Sgt Harry Arthur James Northcott - Runnymede Memorial Panel 90
Observer:1251529 Sgt Kenneth Nisbett - Kiel War Cemetery 1. A. 8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:751783 Flt Sgt Ronald Victor George Dennis - Kiel War Cemetery 1. A. 7.
wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1262963 Sgt Phillip Bruce Dauncey - Runnymede Memorial Panel 81.
Air Gunner:1330116 Sgt Eric Goulden - Kiel War Cemetery 1. A. 6.
Sources:
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
RAF Prisoners of War
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Google Maps
http://ww2.dk/air/njagd/njg3.htm
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Dec-2017 14:33 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 09-Oct-2018 05:46 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 21-Apr-2022 19:09 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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