ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52701
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| Date: | Sunday 19 July 1942 |
| Time: | 11:40 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3755 |
| MSN: | JN-Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea W of Kijkduin, Den Haag, Zuid-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 09:25 hrs for an operation to Essen in Germany.
The aircraft was hit by ships' Flak off Den Helder (Noord-Holland) whilst flying at 700 feet. The aircraft crashed into the sea near Kijkduin. One of the crew is missing in action:
Pilot:106159 Plt Off M H Wilding PoW Stalag Luft 3 Zagan & Belaria. PoW Number 592.
Observer:110661 Plt Off Michael D'Arcy Mander - Hook of Holland General Cemetery Row F. Grave 21.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1112158 Sgt Harold Hewetson - Runnymede Memorial Panel 85
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1060142 Sgt James Stoddard May - The Hague (Westduin) General Cemetery Allied Plot. Row 2. Grave 28.
Air Gunner:1053817 Sgt Norman Edmund Brace - Amsterdam New Eastern Cemetery Plot 69. Row E. Grave 20.
Sources:
Personal correspondence from MOD and surviving crew member. H Hewetson was my uncle.
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1694
CWGC.
RAF Prisoners of War
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 7 August 1941 | W5721 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | Schermbeck, Nordrhein-Westfalen |  |
w/o |
| 17 September 1942 | BJ877 | 150 Sqn RAF | 0 | SSE of Diest, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 10-Dec-2015 16:19 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 17-Jul-2017 09:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2018 21:36 | Red Dragon | Updated [Source] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:10 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 06-May-2020 12:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Jun-2022 05:16 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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