ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52870
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| Date: | Sunday 31 May 1942 |
| Time: | 01:00 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 26 OTU RAF |
| Registration: | DV707 |
| MSN: | EU-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 5 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Leveroy, Limburg -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Graveley |
Takeoff at 23:15 hrs for participation in the first 1000 bomber raid with target Köln, Germany.
The aircraft was shot down by the night fighter crew of Oberleutnant Reinhold Knacke & Unteroffizier Helmut Fischer of the 1./NJG 1, who were flying Bf 110 G9+AH from Venlo airfield.
Initially the crew were buried in Venlo. After hostilities were over they were reinterred in Jonkerbos War Cemetery in Gelderland:
Pilot:906254 Flt Sgt Edwin John Ford DFM - killed
Observer:113904 Plt Off Douglas Claude August - killed
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:651768 Flt Sgt D W Caswell PoW
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:613921 Flt Sgt Frederick Frank Barker DFM - killed
Air Gunner:524716 Flt Sgt John Thompson - killed
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part three
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1539&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
Bomber Command Losses 1942
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-May-2017 08:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Dec-2017 16:28 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 20-Feb-2018 17:00 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 07:37 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Apr-2020 14:04 | TigerTimon | Updated [Narrative] |
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