ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 50309
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| Date: | Sunday 9 July 1944 |
| Time: | 02:40 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk XIII |
| Owner/operator: | 524 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | MF375 |
| MSN: | 7R-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea near Schiermonnikoog, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Docking, Norfolk |
Takeoff at 00:18 hrs for an armed recce operation off the Dutch coast.
Flying at a height of 1,000 metres, the aircraft was intercepted and shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Daborer of the 4./NJG 102 (probably on detachment to 7./NJG1), who operated a Bf 110 G-4 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Pilot / F/O. G.D. Reen 137999 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 208
Second Pilot / F/O. J.A.R. Belanger J/24828 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 245
Navigator / F/O. G.F. Abbott 159432 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 204
Bomb Aimer / W/O. R.W. Russel AUS410789 RAAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 259
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / Sgt. F.H. Brock 1317333 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 225
Wireless Operator/ Air Gunner / F/O. J.A. Cochran 171208 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 205
Rear Gunner / Sgt. W.I. Howitt 1561613 RAF / Schiermonnikoog cemetery; grave 110 / washed up 23 July
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T3864&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive 1944 part three
Google Maps
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Oct-2020 17:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 00:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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