ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 29237
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:52 LT |
| Type: |  Lockheed Hudson Mk I |
| Owner/operator: | 1 (C) OTU RAF |
| Registration: | P5147 |
| MSN: | -A |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Waddenzee E of De Kooy, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Thornaby, North Yorkshire |
P5147 Hudson Mk I of No.1 (C) OTU missing on diversion raid for Bremen, Germany 26.6.42. Takeoff time - 23:15 hrs.
The pilot Squadron Leader W.D. Hogkinson was shot down by a night fighter whilst flying Hudson I, P5147 on a diversionary raid as part of Bomber Command’s 1,000 Bomber raid against Bremen and taken prisoner.
The aircraft fell foul of Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110 F-4 from De Kooy airfield.
Spending the rest of the war in Stalag Luft III, he took part on the ‘Long March’ of February 1945 when the Germans moved prisoners away from the advancing Russians.
There were two deaths in the loss of this aircraft :
Flying Officer Edwin Hamilton Tomlinson (W/Op/Air Gunner, Service Number 83002, aged 35)
Pilot Officer Ronald Enoch Stanley Summers. (W/op/Air Gunner, Service Number 116882, aged 21)
The other survivor was Flight Sgt V.F.Cave 47778 the 2nd Pilot who was also interned at Stalag Luft III
Sources:
1. RAF Casualties-1942
2. Pilot's Flying Log Book Sqd.Ldr V.F.Cave
3. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2034417/tomlinson,-edwin-hamilton/
4. https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2034364/summers,-ronald-enoch-stanley/
5. http://www.rafcommands.com/forum/showthread.php?7686-1-coastal-OTU-loss-26-June-1942
6. http://www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Hodgkinson_WD.htm
7. https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-lockheed-l-414-hudson-i-north-sea-2-killed
8. Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
9. https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1633&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 27-Sep-2008 01:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 24-Mar-2013 19:31 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Nature, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 24-Mar-2013 19:34 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Aircraft type, Narrative] |
| 01-May-2013 21:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Narrative] |
| 19-Sep-2013 06:52 | angels one five | Updated [Date, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 16:56 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2018 11:31 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 17-Feb-2018 07:38 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 24-Jul-2018 04:48 | philip cave | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2019 23:23 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 18:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 02-May-2020 18:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 08:23 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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