ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52520
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| Date: | Monday 28 September 1942 |
| Time: | 18:02 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 115 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z1663 |
| MSN: | KO-J |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer 8 km SW of Urk, (modern Flevoland) -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Mildenhall |
Takeoff at 13:36 hrs local time for a bombing operation to Lingen-Ems in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by a Focke-Wulf Fw 190A flown by Unteroffizier Kurt Knespel of the 10./JG 1 based at Deelen airfield.
One crew member in still missing in action:
Pilot / S/Ldr. R.J.S. Parsons 33462 RAF / Amsterdam cemetery; grave 69 D 11-13
Observer / F/Sgt. W.L. Clough 923190 RAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 73
Wireless Operator / F/Sgt. J.A. Parker R/83152 RCAF / Amsterdam cemetery; grave 69 D 11-13
Front Gunner / Sgt. J.M. Gilmour R/79678 RCAF / prisoner of war
Rear Gunner / Sgt. J.J. Stansell R/86311 RCAF / prisoner of war
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1857&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.zzairwar.nl/dossiers/36.html
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 12 April 1940 | P9284 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | Stavanger-Sola Airfield, Stavanger, Rogaland |  |
w/o |
| 21 May 1940 | R3152 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | near Le Havre, Seine Maratime |  |
w/o |
| 3 August 1940 | R3202 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | Waddenzee near Rottumeroog, Groningen prv | |
w/o |
| 4 June 1942 | X3635 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | 1 km south of Adelheide, Delmenhorst, Niedersachsen |  |
w/o |
| 26 July 1942 | Z1606 | 115 Sqn RAF | 5 | near Krefeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen | |
w/o |
| 14 September 1942 | BJ693 | 115 Sqn RAF | 6 | North Sea off Niedersachsen | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 27-Sep-2017 06:51 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Oct-2018 16:44 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 16-Jul-2020 07:47 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 17:08 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 17-Jun-2022 21:29 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 27-Sep-2022 16:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source, Category] |
| 27-Sep-2022 16:39 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location] |
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