ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52784
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| Date: | Sunday 21 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:56 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3760 |
| MSN: | AA-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea NW of Ameland, Friesland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell< UK |
Operation - Emden, Germany.
Homeward-bound, the aircraft was shot down by night fighter pilot Oberleutnant Egmont Prinz zur Lippe-Weissenfeld of the 5./NJG 2, who had taken off from Leeuwarden airfield.
Two of the crew rest at Sage War Cemetery in Germany:
Pilot:NZ/405030 Fg Off Alan Armistice Fraser - Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery Grave 74.
Navigator:NZ/391379 Plt Off Wallace Edward Buckley RNZAF - Sage War Cemetery 3. A. 12.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:NZ/402982 Flt Sgt Arthur Stafford Christie - Schiermonnikoog (Vredenhof) Cemetery Grave 73.
Air Gunner:NZ/40927 Plt Off Raymond Wickliffe John Trengrove RNZAF - Sage War Cemetery 3. A. 13.
Air Gunner:NZ/404587 Sgt Clifton Robert Brailey RNZAF - Runnymede Memorial Panel 117
Sources:
http://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/item2.php?SGLO=T1618
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem16.htm
CWGC
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 08-Sep-2015 18:15 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 26-Sep-2015 05:17 | Roup dot comma | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator] |
| 20-Jun-2017 07:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Jan-2018 18:40 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:53 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 01-May-2020 09:16 | TigerTimon | Updated [Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jun-2022 04:19 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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