ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52912
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| Date: | Wednesday 15 April 1942 |
| Time: | 02:18 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk Ic |
| Owner/operator: | 150 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | DV593 |
| MSN: | JN-? |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Kilderseveld, Kilder, Gelderland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Snaith |
Takeoff at 21:35 hrs for an operation to Dortmund in Germany.
The aircraft was coned by searchlights of the Flak-Scheinwerfer-Regiment 1 and shot down by night fighter pilot Obergefreiter Georg Worch of the 9./NJG 1 based at Twente airfield, who was flying a Bf 110.
The pilot rests at Kilder cemetery:
Pilot: 114450 Plt Off Cedric Hall Mardon - Bergh(Kilder)Roman Catholic Churchyard Plot H. Row 9 Grave 5 (NCO:1267260 Commission Gazetted : Tuesday 03 February, 1942)
Co-Pilot: 1378514 Sgt William France PoW Stalag Luft 3 Sagan & Belaria. PoW Number 154
Observer: 1008165 Sgt Ronald Ernest Mellor PoW Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 172
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 990751 Sgt Juthri Campbell Bennett Peebles PoW Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 175
Wireless Operator/Bomb Aimer: 930299 Sgt R Garrod PoW Luft 357 Kopernikus. PoW Number 157
Air Gunner: 1202714 Sgt Robert Marr PoW
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1479&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1
Rob Davis Bomber Command Losses Database
History of this aircraft
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| 25 August 1942 | X3414 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | Rienne, Gedinne, Namur |  |
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| 28 August 1942 | X3418 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | De Neuvel near Wervershoof, Noord-Holland | |
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| 9 September 1942 | X3304 | 150 Sqn RAF | 0 | - |  |
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| 9 September 1942 | X3745 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | Bois du Duc at Sart-Saint-Laurent, Fosses-la-Ville, Namur | |
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| 10 October 1942 | BK311 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | RAF Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, England | |
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| 15 October 1942 | X3552 | 150 Sqn RAF | 6 | between Pootweg - Hazeldonkse Zandweg, Zevenbergen, Noord-Brabant | |
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| 31 October 1942 | Z1625 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | Millingseweg road, Megchelen, Gelderland | |
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| 31 October 1942 | BK360 | 150 Sqn RAF | 5 | De Polle, Steenwijkerwold, Overijssel | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 14-Apr-2017 09:02 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Dec-2017 18:51 | Red Dragon | Updated [Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 31-Oct-2018 14:01 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 18-Apr-2020 08:40 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Apr-2020 08:43 | TigerTimon | Updated [Embed code] |
| 14-Apr-2024 06:39 | Rob Davis | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
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