ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52510
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| Date: | Monday 5 October 1942 |
| Time: | 21:40 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 156 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ646 |
| MSN: | GT-P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | RAF Manston, Kent, England -
 United Kingdom
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Warboys, Cambridgeshire |
| RAF Manston, Kent |
Target: Aachen, Germany. Aircraft took off at 19:05 hours. Aircraft was struck by lightning (electrical storms) whilst crossing the French coast at 20:45 hours on the outbound leg of the raid. Port engine stopped, aircraft jettisoned flares and turned for home. Further damage sustained by AAA (flak) over the French coast after aircraft lost height
All of the crew except for the pilot bailed out. Unable to leave the aircraft, pilot Flt Lt Greenup headed for RAF Manston in Kent, where he brought Wellington BJ646 down for a successful belly landing
Of the other five crew, 4 were taken as PoWs, and one - Flt Sgt C W Austin - was killed: on 20 October 1942 his body was washed up on the shore at Zoutelande.
Call Sign: GT-
Pilot F/Lt. Douglas Ronald Greenup RAF Survived 46221 (NCO:517721)
P/O Thomas Elphage Trotman - POW 123151 (NCO:1286507)
P/O Frederick Purvis - POW 118180
P/O William Douglas - POW 108832 (NCO:997914)
Air gunner F/Sgt. Charles Wendell Austin R/82683 RCAF Vlissingen D 4
Sgt V P Youdell 1383748 POW
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1868A
http://www.156squadron.com/display_missionhdr.asp?MissionId=170
http://www.156squadron.com/display_missiondet.asp?pMissionId=170&pAircraftId=904
http://wingstovictory.nl/database/database_detail.php?wtv_id=644
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 August 1942 | BJ603 | 156 Sqn RAF | 5 | Leeuweriksbos woods near Lierop, Noord-Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Mar-2013 23:38 | Dr. John Smith | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2013 14:21 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport] |
| 05-Oct-2017 20:18 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Nov-2018 09:55 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Operator] |
| 26-Oct-2020 20:25 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities] |
| 19-Jul-2021 18:29 | Anon. | Updated [Location, Operator] |
| 14-Sep-2021 15:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 18-Jan-2022 11:44 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
| 29-Sep-2022 06:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2023 06:59 | Rob Davis | Updated [[Narrative]] |
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