ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52837
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| Date: | Tuesday 2 June 1942 |
| Time: | 01:32 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 23 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | Z8867 |
| MSN: | WE-L |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Stationsstraat street, Horst, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Stradishall |
Takeoff at 22:55 hrs for participation in the second 1000 bomber raid; this time the target being Essen, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Jakob Bender & Feldwebel Fritz Stolper of the 3./NJG 1, who were flying a Lichtenstein-equipped Bf 110 from Venlo airfield.
The crew was initially buried at Venlo. Today, they rest at Jonkerbos war cemetery in Gelderland:
Pilot:89380 Flt Lt William John Ewart MID - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20 E 3
Observer:48226 Plt Off Reginald Alfred Minchin - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20 E 2
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:123294 Plt Off George Gascoyne - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20 E 4
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:751717 Flt Sgt David Robert Stuart - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20-E 5
Air Gunner:115802 Plt Off Reginald Scriven - Jonkerbos War Cemetery 20 E 1 I
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1559&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942 Amendments & Additions
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Jun-2017 06:38 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Jan-2018 21:02 | Red Dragon | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 24-Jan-2018 11:25 | XindelX | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 23-Apr-2020 19:36 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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