Accident Vickers Wellington Mk III Z3288,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202959
 
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Date:Tuesday 28 April 1942
Time:00:46
Type:Silhouette image of generic well model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Vickers Wellington Mk III
Owner/operator:150 Sqn RAF
Registration: Z3288
MSN:
Fatalities:Fatalities: 6 / Occupants: 6
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Location:Monheim / Ödstein -   Germany
Phase: Combat
Nature:Military
Departure airport:RAF Snaith
Destination airport:operation - Köln
Narrative:
Hit by heavy (schwere) Flak; crashed in NRW. There are three possible locations:

1. Köln-Kalk at 00:46

Crew
Pilot:1180254 Sgt Aubrey George Hutchinson - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. E. 5-8.
Pilot:1379636 Sgt John Robert Cowan - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. E. 5-8.
Observer:106363 Plt Off Frank Alan Mitchell - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. E. 5-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:1005766 Sgt Frederick Wilberforce Potts - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. E. 5-8.
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner:917377 Sgt Christopher William Turner - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. E. 5-8.
Air Gunner:1186829 Sgt Phillip Goldham Fussell - Rheinberg War Cemetery Coll. grave 1. E. 5-8.

Sources:

Nachtjagd Combat Archive The Early Years part two
Bomber Command Losses 1942
CWGC
Lost Bombers
Aircrew Remembered for serial Z3288 (other sources have X3288)
Google Maps
HASt Köln Best.9612 / A 34
Cologne district archive

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
14-Dec-2017 17:38 Red Dragon Added
31-Oct-2018 14:02 Nepa Updated [Operator, Location, Destination airport, Operator]
22-Feb-2019 16:31 rvargast17 Updated [Time, Cn, Location, Country, Phase, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]
25-Apr-2022 19:30 TigerTimon Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Narrative]
25-Apr-2022 19:30 TigerTimon Updated [Destination airport]
25-Apr-2022 19:31 TigerTimon Updated [Cn]
11-May-2022 06:53 manniwei Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative]
14-Sep-2022 08:15 manniwei Updated [Location, Source]

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