ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 201476
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| Date: | Thursday 26 March 1942 |
| Time: | night |
| Type: |  Vickers Wellington Mk III |
| Owner/operator: | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF |
| Registration: | X3652 |
| MSN: | AA-O |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Duisburg-Kasslerfeld, Nordrhein-Westfalen -
 Germany
|
| Phase: | Combat |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | RAF Feltwell |
Operation - Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen.
The aircraft was hit by four heavy Flak batteries of the 4. Flak-Division and belly-landed in a field at Kasslerfeld.
Five of the crew were taken prisoner of war:
Pilot: A402550 Plt Off Allen Bruce Slater RAAF PoW Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 29
2nd Pilot: 1208366 Sgt John Henry Addis - Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 9. B. 16.
Navigator: NZ404546 Flt Sgt John Douglas Fletcher RNZAF PoW Camp 344 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24809
Wireless Operator: 1355493 Sgt A Edward Wainwright PoW Camp L3 Sagan & Belaria PoW Number 24813
Air Gunner: NZ403627 Sgt Albert Gladstone Orr RNZAF PoW Camp 344 Lamsdorf PoW Number 24811
Air Gunner: 901810 Sgt Philip L Burridge ?
Sources:
75 Sqn Association
CWGC
RAF Prisoners of War
Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Google Maps
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 8 November 1941 | X9976 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 6 | Sorremorre (Soarremoarre) hamlet, Nes, Friesland |  |
w/o |
| 23 April 1942 | X3487 | 75 (NZ) Sqn RAF | 2 | North Sea west of Oostvoorne, Zuid-Holland | |
w/o |
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 18-Nov-2017 20:57 | Red Dragon | Added |
| 27-Oct-2018 19:37 | Nepa | Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 14-Apr-2020 14:22 | TigerTimon | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Location, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
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