ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52676
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| Date: | Sunday 26 July 1942 |
| Time: | 02:12 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | Z8502 |
| MSN: | PH-F |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Reindersweg 10, Zieuwent, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 23:40 hrs for an operation to Duisburg in Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Hauptmann Gerhard Friedrich of the Stab III./NJG 1, who was flying a Bf 110 from Twente airfield - (claim) 6km West of Zieuwent (4C) at 02:12 hrs.
The survivors were all taken prisoner of war:
Pilot:39320 Sqn Ldr P C Lemon DSO DFC PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 579.(He survived Stalag Luft III and the Zagan death march and continued his RAF career after the war finishing as a Wing Commander. He died at Monmouth in 2006).
Co-Pilot:638 Sgt Harrington T Norris PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25068.
Navigator:124733 Plt Off H W Fluck PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 570.
Wireless Operator:777889 Sgt F E Peters PoW (Injured during attack -hospital) Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria/Stalag 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 42800. (Awarded DFM Gazetted 17 August 1943).
Air Gunner:1016748 Sgt K Woodcock PoW Stalag 344 Lamsdorf. PoW Number 25086
Air Gunner:86730 Fg Off Gerald Purdon King - Ruurlo (Achter Zieuwent) Roman Catholic Churchyard Grave 4
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1718
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
12 Squadron
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 09-Aug-2017 09:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2018 21:42 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Narrative] |
| 19-Feb-2018 22:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Feb-2018 16:46 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 19-Oct-2018 14:08 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 08-May-2020 15:33 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
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