ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 52949
This information is added by users of ASN. Neither ASN nor the Flight Safety Foundation are responsible for the completeness or correctness of this information.
If you feel this information is incomplete or incorrect, you can submit corrected information.
| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | 22:40 |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk II |
| Owner/operator: | 12 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | W5372 |
| MSN: | PH-D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | near the Kathoeksloot ditch at Andijk, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Binbrook |
Takeoff at 20:11 hrs local time for a bombing operation to Essen in Germany.
Outward-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 Bergen airfield.
The crew all rest at Bergen cemetery:
Pilot: 33027 Wg Cdr Albert Golding DFC* - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 15.
2nd Pilot:403431 Sgt Finlay Donald McLeod RAAF - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 22.
Observer: R/62688 Flt Sgt Bruce Elbert Doe RCAF - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 16.
Wireless operator/Air Gunner: R/61792 Sgt Mervyn Duncan RCAF - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 21.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner: 1100613 Sgt William Stanley Makin - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 24.
Air Gunner:1378582 Sgt Percival Gordon Thrope - Bergen General Cemetery Netherlands Plot 1. Row D. Grave 20.
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
http://www.626-squadron.co.uk/willem25.htm
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1453&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
https://www.asisbiz.com/Luftwaffe/njg1.html
CWGC
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 10 April 1941 | W5375 | 12 Sqn RAF | 6 | IJsselmeer near Harderwijk, Gelderland | |
w/o |
| 26 January 1942 | W5585 | 12 Sqn RAF | 4 | RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire, England |  |
w/o |
Media:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 30-Jan-2015 15:44 | gerard57 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Mar-2017 09:08 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Operator, Location, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 19-Nov-2017 18:04 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Source, Narrative] |
| 18-Oct-2018 19:21 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 15-Apr-2020 18:14 | TigerTimon | Updated [Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Apr-2020 18:17 | TigerTimon | Updated [Location, Embed code] |
Corrections or additions? ... Edit this accident description
The Aviation Safety Network is an exclusive service provided by:
Quick Links:
| ASN Home | Send Correction / Feedback |
| FSF Home | Disclaimer | Copyright |
| Contact Us | Privacy Policy |
| Press / Media |
CONNECT WITH US:
©2024 Flight Safety Foundation