ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52743
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| Date: | Sunday 28 June 1942 |
| Time: | 00:54 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3309 |
| MSN: | JN-N |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | IJsselmeer E of Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for an operation to Bremen in Germany.
Outward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Unteroffizier Heinz Vinke of the 5./NJG 2, who was flying a Bf 110.
All five are missing in action:
Pilot:64303 Fg Off Derek Oscar Osborne - Runnymede Memorial Panel 67
Observer:984803 Flt Sgt Gerald Cobden - Runnymede Memorial Panel 73
Bomb Aimer:1381676 Sgt Iestyn James - Runnymede Memorial Panel 86
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1283349 Sgt Leslie Richard Dye - Runnymede Memorial Panel 82
Air Gunner:1377699 Flt Sgt Desire Ernest Charles Adams - Runnymede Memorial Panel 73
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1655
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Bomber Command Squadron records.
Family History Records - R C Dye.
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 31 May 1942 | X3448 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | Mottrams Farm, Faldingworth near Market Rasen, Lincolnshire |  |
w/o |
| 9 June 1942 | X3725 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | North Sea NW of Callantsoog, Noord-Holland | |
mis |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Jun-2012 00:09 | RCDye | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 29-Jun-2017 11:41 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 01-Feb-2018 19:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:14 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 05-May-2020 08:05 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 19:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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