ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 53028
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| Date: | Sunday 28 December 1941 |
| Time: | 21:10 LT |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk IC |
| Owner/operator: | 311 Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | T2553 |
| MSN: | KX-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | North Sea 100 km west of Petten, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF East Wretham |
| RAF East Wretham |
Took off from RAF East Wretham at 17:16 hrs local time for an operation to Wilhelmshaven in Germany.
Over the target, the aircraft was damaged by Flak. Homeward-bound, the port engine caught fire causing the propellor to break off, severing control links; crashed in the North Sea west of Petten (Noord-Holland). Fg Off Mohr is buried in Bergen General Cemetery; the rest of those who died are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Fg Off Scerba was repatriated on 16 September 1944:
Pilot / Sgt. A. Šiška 787493 ChAF / injured, prisoner of war
Second Pilot / Sgt. J. Tomanek 787501 ChAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 53 / died the 1st of January in a dinghy; put overboard
Observer / F/O. J. Mohr 82622 ChAF / Bergen (Noord-Holland) cemetery; grave 1 D 4 / died in dinghy
Wireless Operator / F/O. J. Šcerba 82633 ChAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner / Sgt. P. Svobodka 787399 ChAF / prisoner of war
Air Gunner / Sgt. R. Skalicky 787283 ChAF / Runnymede Memorial; panel 52 / sank with the aircraft
Sources:
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
https://verliesregister.studiegroepluchtoorlog.nl/rs.php?aircraft=&sglo=T1369&date=&location=&pn=&unit=&name=&cemetry=&airforce=&target=&area=&airfield=
Google Maps
Royal Air Force Bomber Command Losses of the Second World War 1941 Page 196.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Dec-2008 11:45 | ASN archive | Added |
| 16-May-2016 19:57 | Red Dragon | Updated [Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 16-Oct-2017 08:29 | Nepa | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Narrative] |
| 13-Apr-2020 19:00 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative] |
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