ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52135
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 March 1943 |
| Time: | 20:42 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BK495 |
| MSN: | KO-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 5 km W of Terschelling, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
Shot down by night fighter pilot Lt Heinz Grimm of the 12./NJG 1, flying a Bf 110 from Leeuwarden airfield.
Operation: Gardening – mine-laying operations
Crew:-
Pilot : Sergeant Stanley Gordon Hunt RAFVR 1384991 [Killed]
Flight Engineer : Pilot Officer Herbert Whitaker Astin RAFVR 130527 [Killed] (NCO:1083373 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 10 November, 1942)
Observer : Sergeant Arthur Battram RAFVR 1439459 [Killed]
Wireless Operator : Sergeant Kenneth Frederick Bartholomew RAFVR 1322036 [Killed]
Rear Gunner : Flight Sergeant Alfred James Down RCAF R/109725 [Killed]
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T2083&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
http://115squadron-raf.be/crews/Wellington%20Mk%20III%20-%20BK495%20-%20KO-N.html
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 May 1942 | X3466 | 115 Sqn RAF | 2 | Mr Forget's Farm at Montigny-le-Franc, Aisne département |  |
w/o |
| 5 September 1942 | BJ663 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | Altenrheine, Rheine, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Nov-2017 07:28 | Laurent Rizzotti | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 07-Feb-2018 09:27 | tachel | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Mar-2018 15:50 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Mar-2018 13:34 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2022 02:27 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 19-Aug-2022 22:38 | Nepa | Updated [Location, Narrative, Operator] |
| 12-Dec-2023 16:09 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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