ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52552
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| Date: | Friday 11 September 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 16 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV775 |
| MSN: | KG-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Aircraft missing |
| Location: | North Sea - |
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Upper Heyford |
Takeoff at 20:37 hrs local time for an operation to Düsseldorf in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft vanished into the North Sea. Possibly, it was damaged by a Ju 88 C-6 night fighter of the III./NJG 2 based at Gilze-Rijen airfield in the Netherlands.
The two survivors were found in a dinghy on September 16th:
Pilot / Sgt. K.C. Bonter R/100209 RCAF / prisoner of war
Observer / P/O. A.H. Childs 116799 RAF / Bergen (Noord-Holland, the Netherlands) cemetery; grave 1 A 18 / washed up near Petten (Noord-Holland) 24 September
Wireless Operator / Sgt. R.J. Harvey 1219720 RAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / F/Sgt. D.R. Smith R/73247 RCAF / Kiel war cemetery in Germany; grave 3 E 5
Air Gunner / F/Sgt. R.C. Daoust R/130187 RCAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 103
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1826A&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Sep-2017 19:52 | TigerTimon | Updated [Damage] |
| 26-May-2020 12:30 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-May-2020 12:31 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
| 26-May-2020 12:32 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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