ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52751
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| Date: | Friday 26 June 1942 |
| Time: | 02:54 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 1481 (TT & G) Flt RAF |
| Registration: | X9812 |
| MSN: | -Z |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea off Vlieland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire |
Takeoff at 23:10 hrs for the third 1000 bomber raid, this time the target being Bremen in Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Major Kurt Holler of the Stab III./NJG 4, who was on detachement with II./NJG 2 based at Leeuwarden airfield - (claim) 'Whitley' sea north of Vlieland (Tiger) at 02:54 hrs.
The crew are missing in action:
S/Ldr (39364) Matthew Richard Atkinson (pilot) RAF: Killed
Sgt (Aus.403432) John Gregory O'Sullivan (obs.) RAAF: killed
Sgt (Aus.403495) Allan Neil Blackley (Bomb.Airmen) RAAF: killed
Sgt (Aus.407603) Douglas Howie McIntosh (WOp/AG) RAAF - killed
Sgt (1313097) William Waller (AG) RAFVR - Killed
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1644
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 February 1945 | NC573 | 69 Sqn RAF | 4 | Berg, Kampenhout, Flemish Brabant |  |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 28-Jun-2017 12:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Jun-2017 12:34 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time] |
| 25-Jan-2018 22:03 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Jan-2018 22:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 26-Jan-2018 11:30 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator] |
| 18-Oct-2018 14:28 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative, Operator] |
| 27-Dec-2018 22:15 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Narrative, Operator] |
| 04-May-2020 09:20 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 16:44 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
| 06-Jul-2023 17:30 | Nepa | Updated [[Location]] |
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