ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52618
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| Date: | Wednesday 12 August 1942 |
| Time: | 01:33 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | BJ767 |
| MSN: | AA-V |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Raren hamlet, Vaals, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Takeoff at 22:15 hrs local time for an operation to Mainz in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Leutnant Hans Autenrieth & Unteroffizier Rudolf Adam of the Stab II./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 F-4 G9+EC from St Trond (Sint-Truiden) airfield in Belgium.
Those who did not survive were initially buried at Venlo. Today, they rest in the Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland.
Pilot / F/Lt. L.St.G. Dobbin 401375 RNzAF / grave 24 F 8
Observer / Sgt. W.E. Braddock 1267404 RAF / prisoner of war
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. J. McQueen 404466 RNzAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner / Sgt. A. Elson 751538 RAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner / Sgt. J.L. Jury 411764 RNzAF / grave 24 F 9
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1772&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
http://www.aircrewremembered.com/AlliedLossesIncidents/?q=BJ767
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 13 March 1942 | X3585 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | Missing |  |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-Aug-2017 21:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 20:04 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-May-2020 17:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2020 17:28 | TigerTimon | Updated [Source] |
| 15-May-2020 18:21 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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