ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52627
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| Date: | Friday 7 August 1942 |
| Time: | 02:55 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8585 |
| MSN: | PH-W |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near Rosmalen, Noord-Brabant -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 00:43 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Kurt Bundrock of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying a Bf 110 F-4 from Venlo airfield in the Netherlands.
All five rest in the Uden War Cemetery:
Pilot / F/Sgt. G.C. Keats 407794 RAAF / grave 4 H 9
Navigator / P/O. H. Shaw 121375 RAF / grave 4 H 10 9 (NCO:1183316, Gazette of 2nd June 1942)
Bomb Aimer / Sgt. P.MacD. Spence 1310195 RAF / grave 4 H 11
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner / Sgt. D.E. Williams 960375 RAF / grave 4 H 13
Rear Gunner / Sgt. B.J. Miller 1379181 RAF / grave 4 H 12
Sources:
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1763&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Aug-2017 07:55 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Oct-2018 18:36 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-May-2020 08:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Sep-2021 07:50 | Rob Davis | Updated [Narrative] |
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